Suzanne Macpherson

I was born in New Mexico back in the fifties (she said vaguely.) My family settled in the northwest, where those rainy days led me to constantly read. I grew up with Nancy Drew, Anya Seton, Gene Stratton Porter, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, anything to take me Far from the Madding Crowd Most of my inspiration comes from old movies, jazz, and real life. Old movies are a goldmine of character exploration. Romantic comedies from the 1930's and 1940's were absolutely amazing in their complexity, simplicity, and subtlety. When you watch a movie like His Girl Friday and listen to the dialogue banter, it's a thing of beauty. Well, it is for me anyway. Just put on Stella Dallas if you want to weep for an hour or The "Thin Man" series if you want some mystery and comedy mingled! I've logged enough miles on Turner Classic Movies to build a stairway to Paradise. Currently I'm living out my Doris Day fantasies with my Scottish husband, cats, dogs, kids, and daisies by the dozen. Now I just need the 1953 Woody wagon and the big ghastly house to remodel. I guess I'm remodeling the ghastly 1975 crackerbox house instead. I'm very good with a hammer. And a garden rake. But I don't cook. Then again, neither did Doris Day.