The Earthquake Bird

Susanna Jones

The place is Tokyo. Alone and alienated, two expatriate English women seductively and dangerously compete for the affection of a secretive Japanese photographer. It is a simmering triangle primed to erupt into - a violent death, a baffling disappearance, and a startling, unforgettable descent into the heart of a killer.

Susanna Jones was born in 1967 and grew up in Yorkshire. She studied drama at London University where she became interested in Japanese culture after studying Japanese Noh theatre. This led to her living and working in Japan for several years as a teacher of English in Nagoya, and later in Tokyo, where she also worked as a radio script editor. While living in Tokyo she began writing her first novel, The Earthquake Bird (2001) which went on to win: a Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger, a Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and a Betty Trask Award.

Susanna Jones studied for an MA in Writing at the University of Manchester and currently lives in Brighton, where she is working on her third novel while continuing to study Japanese.