Sue Smethurst

Sue Smethurst

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Sue Smethurst is an award-winning author and journalist who has spent more than 20 years working in the media across television, radio and magazines. She is currently a senior writer with The Australian Women’s Weekly and has written eight books, including Behind Closed Doors, Spartacus and Me, Blood on the Rosary and A Diamond in the Dust.

Books by Sue Smethurst
The Freedom Circus
Sue Smethurst

A remarkable true story of one family's daring escape from Poland during the Second World War.

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