Susan Brewer

Susan Brewer has been writing for around forty years. For many years she wrote fiction for various women's magazines, before being asked to write about collectables and antiques. Nowadays, she particularly specialises in post-war dolls, but is interested in many other kinds of small collectables. As well as books, Susan regularly writes for magazines, including 'Best of British'. She is now writing fiction again in addition to her magazine work and also has more than a passing interest in natural history.

Her books, mostly published by Pen and Sword, include 'Collecting Classic Girl's Toys', 'History of Girls' Comics', 'Classic Playground Games' , 'British Dolls of the 1950s', 'British Dolls of the 1960s', 'Collecting Autographs', 'Famous Character Dolls', 'Tiny Tears and First Love; A Celebration of Two Classic Baby Dolls', 'Cornish Shallowpool Dolls', 'Delightful Dolls Vol 1', 'Terrific Teen Dolls', 'Mike's Bike'.

Fiction includes the historical 'Tintagel Fantasy' , while her latest is a historical/mystery novel, 'Fenland Annie' which is set in the 1880s in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Many of the events in the book - including a murder - were uncovered by the author as she researched her family tree. Humorous stories 'Nelly's Knickers' and its followup, 'Nelly makes a Bloomer', have been issued in paperbacks following their Kindle success, as well as another light-hearted novel, 'Birds, Beasts and Ben'.

Her latest non-fiction, non-doll book is 'Pudding-Pokes, Flittermice and Bishy-Barney-Bees: How Our Ancestors Referred to the Natural World. This is an illustrated dictionary of old, often forgotten, picturesque folk words that were used to describe British Birds, Mammals, Flowers, Insects, Reptiles and the Countryside in centuries past.

Amongst her most recent books on dolls are the very popular Fashionable World of Amanda Jane, which includes hundreds of colour photos, and TerrificTeen Dolls which is an illustrated guide to the identification of many of the teen dolls that were sold in the UK. up to the 1980s.

In addition to the books mentioned she is author of a series of booklets, amongst them: 'History of the Christmas Fairy Doll', 'Doll Showcase Discovers Amanda Jane', 'Cleaning and Caring for Dolls', and 'Doll Showcase Discovers Hornby Flower Fairies'. Most of these booklets are now out of print.