Susan Duncan

Susan Elizabeth Duncan was an Australian author, journalist and editor of The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea.

Life and career

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, Duncan had a mastectomy and chemotherapy. A cancer survivor, she was an active supporter of breast cancer awareness.
Duncan was married twice. Her first husband died from a brain tumour. Duncan lived in New South Wales with her second husband, Bob. They had homes at Pittwater and the mid-north coast of New South Wales. The Pittwater home, on Lovett Bay, is called Tarrangaua and was built for poet Dorothea Mackellar in 1925.
Duncan died on 30 November 2024, shortly before publication of her latest novel, Finding Joy in Oyster Bay.