Susan Marshall is a contemporary Australian novelist, fiction writer, poet, dramatist, essayist and theatre practitioner. She is renown for her unique attunement to the energetic motions of her lifeworlds (her playscapes) and how they set the spirit alight. Her body of work involves her drawing from such inspiration and blurring the distinctions between classical and contemporary writing and performance art techniques. Renown for their metaphysical presence and qualities, her professional publications are currently available in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe.In her role as a theatre practitioner, Susan has acted, devised and directed a range of dramatic stage productions in Australia, including her portrayal of the protagonist in Virginia Baxter's "What Time is This House?" for the Melbourne Fringe Festival and her role in devising, scripting and acting in "Orb.IT", directed by Brett Adam for the Melbourne International Arts Festival. She has been trained by renowned professional performing artists in Australia, such as: Di Gagen, James Wardlaw, Geoff Wallis, Richard Keown, Geoffrey Milne and Julian Meyrick.In 2013, Susan released her first professional theatrical play: "Broken World," published by RMDesigned, which was launched at the AATE/ALEA National Conference in Melbourne and positively reviewed by the Children's Book Council of Australia. This was followed by her second play, "Indigo's Haven," also published by RMDesigned in 2016.Susan is an honoured recipient of the prestigious "Award for Special Civic Service," presented to her by the Mayor of Richmond, Victoria, for her extensive civic contributions to the city of Richmond and the Richmond City Council. The Award particularly recognises her outstanding efforts in assisting young people through her work on the Richmond Youth Work Project and the Richmond Youth Council.During the COVID-19 pandemic, Susan expanded her writing repertoire, completing a range of poetry and fiction that were published at Vocal Media in the U.S.A. Most notably, her short story: "Peonies for Masha: Her Journey Home" was shortlisted as a finalist in the Vocal+ Fiction Awards in 2022.In 2020, Susan founded Story Playscapes, her professional writing and publishing business. It is there that she runs her My Story Meadow project, which involves her providing global literacy development opportunities as she shares her poetic and fictional etudes with a global readership. At Story Playscapes, Susan also collaborates with the world-renown book designer, Ryan Marshall on the professional production of her written publications. In 2023, Story Playscapes released Susan's professional play publications: "Fleur of Yesterday" and "All the Hope We Carry". As the first two plays released in Susan's new Theatre Playscapes series, they present her monumental achievement: her new Theatre Playscapes theatrical style, developed for young performers, to readers and theatre makers around the world. In 2024, Story Playscapes released Susan's novel: "Adira and the Dark Horse" and her poetry collection for adults: "Bare Spirit: The Selected Poems of Susan Marshall." Early in 2025, Story Playscapes will release: "Wild Soul: Contemporary Classical Winter Poetry," by Susan Marshall, a collection of 31 poems that are a tribute to the author's refined, globally renown, metaphysical artistry. Susan allures us into the wild presence, awakenings, emotions, journeys, manifestations, states and transformations of the soul with evocative, soul stirring personas, visual imagery and journeyed verses.
