
Susan Brocker was the author of brave Bess, Susan brocker in 1961 started writing fiction and non-fiction for both the educational and trade markets. She has worked in the writing and publishing industry since finishing her BA in History at the University of Waikato and in 1997 she became a full-time writer.Brockers first publication, What am I? (1994), was published while she was an in-house writer and editor at Shortland Publications. She has published over 50 books in the educational market, that span a range of fictional and non-fiction topics, including the natural world, social history and animals.Although she has written numerous children s books for the educational market, Brocker says ‘my major achievement has been writing novels for older children about subjects close to her own heart, trying to bring history alive in them.