Books

Having lived and worked in East Anglia all her life, Kate is living proof that life exists out on the far side of the slush pile.

Since beginning her professional writing career in 1994 Kate, has had novels bought and published by Headline, Virgin, Chimera, and Harper Collins, with titles selling widely in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and in translation in Germany, Greece, Russia, Estonia, Bulgaria and Norway not to mention selling a string of articles and short stories, working with the BBC lecturing at the UEA and teaching for various Adult Education organisations.

Since her second book 'Just Desserts' made the Times Best Seller list in Jan 1999, Kate has put in regular chart appearances as Sue Welfare and as Gemma Fox.

Update

‘A Surprise Party’ by Sue Welfare
March 30th 2011 

One idyllic family, or so it seemed…

The party was supposed to be the ultimate surprise, but instead it turned out to be the most ordinary event of the day…

When warring sisters Suzie and Liz come together to organise a 40th anniversary party for their parents, they struggle to keep their personal dramas in check and make it a magical day.

Suzie is struggling to keep her marriage afloat and Liz is keen to retain her Queen Bee status. Their aunt and mother are much the same, with Lilly and Fleur at loggerheads over their very different lives.

Meanwhile Suzie's daughters Hannah and Megan are learning that growing up isn't as easy as their parents profess.

As the champagne flows and the drama unfolds, it quickly becomes clear that this is a party that no-one will ever forget – but will there be a happy family left at the end?

A wondrous tale about the joys of family and how sparse our lives would be without them! 

A perfect read for fans of Carole Matthews and Kathy Lette.

Stage/TV


Kate's sitcom was one of nine winning entries performed at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, in 1999 as part of Channel 4's annual sit com festival. She is currently working with a production company on a TV adaptation of her first novel, A Few Little Lies

Kate has run various workshops including 'Making Trax', an initiative with a local theatre and sound technician aimed at teaching radio drama skills to school children and interested groups.

In April 2005 Sue was appointed BBC Radio's first ever Story Laureate for the BBC Radio Norfolk project 'This Norfolk Life' and has gone on to work with them on numerous projects including Making History and more recently creating and writing Little Bexham, a 16 episode soap opera for regional radio.

Awards

Her novel Cinderella Moment was short listed for the Melissa Nathan Comedy Romance Award in 2007.