Sue Reid Sexton

Glasgow

Sue Reid Sexton is a writer based in Glasgow, whose first novel, Mavis's Shoe, was published in March 2011. Sexton has been writing short stories and play-scripts for a number of years, and took an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow in 2007. Prior to this, Sexton was a counsellor and social worker, with a background in mental health, homelessness and trauma.

As well as her own writing, Sue Reid Sexton runs a "Swapping Stories" writing group for refugees in Glasgow, working with the Glasgow West Integration Network. With a particular interest in writers working in English as a second language, she works with Iraqi writer Kusay Hussian.

Sue Reid Sexton is currently working on the screenplay for Mavis's Shoe. She has two children and four step-children.

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  Mavis's Shoe
  Sue Reid Sexton - Paperback - Waverley
  This is a compelling novel about the trauma of the Clydebank Blitz during the Second World War told through the eyes of a nine year old girl, Lenny McKendrick, and a universal story about loss in the trauma of war.

Bibliography

• Mavis's Shoe - 2011