Susan Kay

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January 01, 1953 in Manchester, England, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction

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Susan Kay (b. 1953) is a writer.

She is most known for her book, Phantom, which expands upon the history of Erik, the character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, in an episodic format of seven chapters from different characters' points of view.

Susan Kay did not travel to Iran to research the novel, although she did research in person at the Paris Opera House.

Her first novel was Legacy, about the life of Queen Elizabeth I and won a Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize and a Betty Trask Award in 1985.

She worked as a primary school teacher until leaving to bring up a family, and now lives with her husband and two children in Cheshire.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 3,609 ratings · 455 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Phantom 4.38 avg rating — 2,991 ratings — published 1990 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Legacy 4.16 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Jomfrudronningen by Susan Kay, Alis Friis Caspersen (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	Jamais Vu 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Reward Upper Intermediate. Resource Pack 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Abby & Gabby Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Pontchartrain Shooter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Raspus 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course for Beginners by Svetlana Fleming, Susan Kay 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Move Up: Resource Pack Intermediate Level by Simon Greenall, Diana Pye, Susan Kay 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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“None of us can choose where we shall love...”
― Susan Kay, Phantom

tags: empathy , love , opera , passion , phantom , sympathy , understanding

184 people liked it

“Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.”
― Susan Kay

tags: kiss , love

44 people liked it

“Great beauty is often perceived by human senses as pain.”
― Susan Kay

tags: beauty

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Which book would you like to read for our February 15 - March 15 European Royalty group read?

For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick

14 votes, 22.2%

The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George

12 votes, 19.0%

A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith

10 votes, 15.9%

Legacy by Susan Kay

8 votes, 12.7%

The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner

6 votes, 9.5%

The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson

5 votes, 7.9%

His Last Duchess by Gabrielle Kimm

4 votes, 6.3%

Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan Fraser King

4 votes, 6.3%

63 total votes

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