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Susannah Fullerton, born in Canada in 1960, is an Australian author, literary historian and Jane Austen expert. She has been president of the (Jane Austen Society of Australia ) since 1996 and is patron of the Rudyard Kipling Society of Australia.〔Linda Morris, ("Death does not become them" ), ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 September 2014〕 Born in Canada, she grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. She graduated from the University of Auckland with a BA in English, French and German, and then completed an M.Sc (Arts) in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She trained in speech and drama and has acted in amateur productions. Susannah moved to Australia in 1986 with her husband Ian Fullerton. They have two sons and a daughter and live in Paddington, Sydney. Susannah is Sydney’s best known lecturer on famous authors and their works. She presents regular series at the Art Gallery of NSW,〔Art Gallery of NSW, ("O to be in England" ), March 2015〕 the State Library of New South Wales, at libraries, schools and clubs. Her most popular talks are about Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, the Mitfords, Samuel Pepys, Vita Sackville-West, Oscar Wilde, the Romantic Poets, and Shakespeare. She is a registered speaker for (ADFAS (Australia Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) ). She is a regular guest on (Richard Glover's ABC Self-Improvement Wednesday ) programme and is often interviewed on TV and radio. With (Australians Studying Abroad ) she leads literary tours to England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, and the USA. These tours take people to the homes of great writers, famous libraries, on walks through literary landscapes, cemeteries to see the graves of great writers and to galleries and museums. Susannah has been a motivating force behind many Australian literary societies. She is a founder member of the Australian Brontë Association and of the NSW Dickens Society. She started the Anthony Trollope Appreciation Group of Australia and was also the instigator of the Rudyard Kipling Society of Australia. She is a member of the (Dylan Thomas Society of Australia ), and the (Sydney Passengers (Sherlock Holmes Society) ). She is also a member of the invitation-only (Samuel Pepys Club UK ), the (Trollope Society UK ), and is a life member of the Jane Austen Societies of the UK and of North America. She has often given talks or dramatic readings for these societies in Australia and overseas. She was involved in getting the statue of Charles Dickens back into Centennial Park and, along with Miriam Margoyles, spoke at the unveiling of that statue ==Publications== *''Jane Austen – Antipodean Views''. Wellington Lane, 2001 *''Jane Austen and Crime''. Jones Books, 2004 *''Brief Encounters: Literary Travellers in Australia, 1836-1939''. Pan Macmillan, 2009 *''A Dance with Jane Austen: How a Novelist and her Characters went to the Ball''. Frances Lincoln, 2012 *''Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice''. Frances Lincoln, 2013. Published in the USA as ''Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's Masterpiece''. Voyageur Press, 2013 *''Finding Katherine Mansfield''. audio CD, Crimson Cats, 2009 *''Poetry to Fill a Room''. audio CD, 2015 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susannah Fullerton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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