Susan Hill was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, was educated there and at King’s College, University of London, of which she is an Honorary Fellow. She now lives in a 16th century farmhouse in a North Norfolk village, delighted to have returned to be near the sea.
She is married to the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells, and as well as her now grown-up daughters, she has one grand-daughter. Susan was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Honours, 2012.