Sue. C. Bentley

Sue Bentley began working for public libraries directly after leaving school, giving her ample opportunity to indulge her love of all things darkly gothic.

A self-taught writer, she built a 30-year career writing novels for adults, and children aged 5-9 years. Her short stories have been published in magazines, anthologies and her own collections. First published as Cleo Cordell she wrote seven books for Virgin publishing's Black Lace list. Her first novel for Black Lace The Captive Flesh was awarded best erotic novel on 1997, by The Guild Of Erotic Qriters.

As Susan Swann she wrote four books and a collection of short stories for XLibris, an imprint of LittleBrown.

She has contributed to a number of bestselling children series, writing as Lucy Daniels, (Animal Ark) Daisy Meadows (Rainbow Magic), and Kate Bloom (Fairies of Starshine Meadow) for Hatchette and Stripes.

Her own best-selling series of Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, Magic Ponies and Magic Bunny children's books, writing as Sue Bentley for Puffin Books, (Penguin Random House) have sold millions in translation around the world, and been featured on The Sunday Times bestsellers list.

Set to remain in her own world of writing for adults, Sue published two darkly gothic titles with prizewinning, digital-first publisher, Joffe Books. Both are available online as ebooks and print-on-demand.

We Other by Sue Bentley; Deep dark and dangerous fairies you wouldn't want to meet by moonlight, is set in the everyday, and a much darker secret world. A coming-of-age novel with a difference, it's inspired by British folklore and Sue's love of traditional fairy tales.

Second Skin by Sue Bentley; Some monsters hide on the inside, is also darkly gothic, and features shapechangers, most unusual dragons and forbidden romance. A world, resembling the magnificent country of the early 'wild west' is ruled by a shape-changing elite. Two people on opposite sides of the conflict must find a way to survive.