Sue is an ex-teacher once nominated for Teacher of the Year but now an author writing across genres for children and adults, with over thirty titles including two charity picture books for People not Borders. She is an ambassador for Alopecia UK and has visited around 600 primary and secondary schools to lead writing workshops.
Sue Hampton is a climate activist, and an author with more than 40 works of fiction for all ages, pre-school to adult (“beautifully written” “terrific” “powerfully written” Michael Morpurgo; “fantastic book” Beverley Knight; “exquisitely written” Jeremy Vine; “highly recommended” Costa Prize winner Susan Fletcher).
Having lost all her hair to Alopecia Universalis in 1981, Sue became a primary school teacher in London, and then Hertfordshire. She discovered the power of stories to change lives when her novel The Waterhouse Girl drew on her experience of hair loss and Michael Morpurgo called her say he loved it, which gave her the confidence to abandon wigs after twenty-eight years of hiding. This led to an invitation to represent Alopecia UK as an Ambassador, supporting children and adults with the condition – a role Sue enjoyed for six years.
She believes firmly in celebrating diversity, and knows that fiction develops empathy, so was delighted when volunteering with People not Borders to write fundraising picture books about child refugees.
As a Quaker Sue is moved and inspired by the call to do what love requires. Love of children, the natural world and life on Earth has led her beyond personal changes, like veganism and going flight-free, into nonviolent direct action for climate justice – for her grandchildren and everyone else’s.
Hertfordshire
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