{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Susan Bowden was born in 1936 in Dorset, England and currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. \r\n\r\nSusan's formal university training was interrupted by a writing career. She primarily works in the genres of historical and suspense fiction, although she has written romance novels and a young adult novel. \r\n\r\nSusan has been a speaker at conferences for the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Canadian Authors Association. She has also served as a mentor in the Manitoba Writers' Guild mentorship program. \r\n\r\nShe has done several interviews with Peter Gzowski on \"CBC Morningside,\" and on \"Arts Tonight\" with Eleanor Wachtel and has appeared as a regular opera quiz panelist on CBC's \"Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.\""}, "name": "Susan Bowden", "personal_name": "Susan Bowden", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "alternate_names": ["Susan Bowden", "Elizabeth Barron", "Lynda Hargrave"], "photos": [7398538], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2016-03-05T16:26:32.322453"}, "latest_revision": 5, "key": "/authors/OL763591A", "birth_date": "1936", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 5}