Susan M. Toy

Susan M. Toy has been a bookseller and an award-winning publishers' sales rep. While living on the Caribbean island of Bequia, Susan began writing the first of four Bequia-based novels as well as another novel, three novellas and numerous short stories.

"Island in the Clouds, a Bequia Perspectives novel" is the first publication from publishing company, IslandCatEditions, owned and operated by Susan Toy. "One Woman's Island" is the second in the Bequia Perspectives series. Susan has also published the novella "That Last Summer" as an eBook under the IslandShorts imprint.

A self-styled “author impresario,” Toy has promoted fellow authors online since 2009. A long-time participant in the publishing business, primarily promoting and selling books, Susan sees her own publishing venture as a means of “introducing theories I have developed on the direction this business is moving and how to effectively reach new readers.” Releasing "Island in the Clouds" first as an eBook in February 2012 and testing interest in a possible print edition was part of Susan’s publication plan. Both "Island in the Clouds" and "One Woman's Island" have now been made available in print editions through the Kindle Direct Publishing program.

Susan M. Toy shares her time between a trailer in Canada and a house on Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, where she winters with her partner, Dennis, cats, and an extensive personal library of both print and eBooks.