Suzanne Joinson is a renowned author, travel writer, and journalist. She has contributed to numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Telegraph, Independent, Vogue UK, and Lonely Planet, among others. Her writing covers a wide range of genres, from travel pieces and essays to short stories and reviews.
Joinson's debut novel, "A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar," was published by Bloomsbury in 2012 and quickly gained critical acclaim. It became a US National Bestseller, a Guardian/Observer Book of the Year 2012, and was translated into 16 languages. The novel was also long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin literary award in 2014. Following the success of her first novel, Joinson published her second novel, "The Photographer's Wife," with Bloomsbury in the UK and US.
In addition to her fiction writing, Joinson has written extensively for various media outlets and has had her work broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3. She has received recognition for her writing, including winning a New Writing Ventures prize in 2008 for her non-fiction piece "LAILA AHMED."
Joinson's career as a writer has been shaped by her extensive travels and work with the British Council. From 2002-2012, she worked part-time in the literature department of the British Council, traveling regularly in the Middle East, China, Russia, and Western and Eastern Europe. Her experiences abroad have informed her writing and provided her with a wealth of material to draw from. She now writes full-time and lives with her husband, two children, and a scruffy dog in a small seaside town in Sussex, England. Joinson is currently the Writer-in-Residence at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex, where she continues to be inspired by her surroundings.