Author Archives: Suse Coon

About Suse Coon

Suse Coon started life training to be an architect but ended up as a fashion buyer then civil servant. After some time out to bring up her family of three, she returned to what had been a hobby and entered the field of freelance journalism. After becoming regional correspondent, then editor of the orienteering magazine CompassSport, she formed Pages Editorial & Publishing Services. In this guise, West Lothian Life was launched, while Suse maintained a level of freelancing and wrote the award winning children's novel Richard's Castle. In 1999, Suse bought over CompassSport and found her time taken up pretty well exclusively with the two magazines. In 2004, West Lothian Life was expanded to form Lothian Life, however, the workload was too great. In 2006, CompassSport was sold and Suse concentrated on the web version of Lothian Life. Her hobbies include gardening, orienteering, sea kayaking and Tai Chi.

Grow your Garden’s Value

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Suse Coon

When most of us want to sell our home we focus on what we can do inside it, but the difference you make on the outside can prove extremely profitable. A well-kept garden can be a growing investment for your … Continue reading →

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Tragic Without Magic – Ruby McCracken

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Suse Coon

As already observed previously in these pages, it seems a challenge for a children’s author to conceive of a children’s book that isn’t fantastic, and Elizabeth Ezra’s Ruby McCracken: Tragic Without Magic falls neatly into the groove.

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Ally Bally Bee – Lift the Flap Book

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Suse Coon

Ally Bally Bee must be a favourite Scottish song world-wide with children and parents.

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Autumn At Whitewalls – Christine Richard

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Suse Coon

If you loved Christine Richard’s debut novel entitled simply Whitewalls, you’ll enjoy more of the same. Autumn at  Whitewalls has been seven years in the making but that’s not how long has passed since the first novel.

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The Witch’s Guide to Magical Combat – Lari Don

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Suse Coon

The Witch’s Guide to Magical Combat is the third book in the Spellchasers series by Lari Don. If you haven’t read the first two you will struggle to follow this one so go off and read them first.

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Max and Zap at the Museum

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Suse Coon

An exciting treasure hunt through Scotland’s past features in another fun children’s book by Molly MacPherson.

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