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Australian writer
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Female
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Birth:
22 October 1930(Albury)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Susan Elizabeth Duncan (born 1951) is an Australian author, a former journalist and former editor of The Australian Women's Weekly and New Idea.
Breast cancer survivor
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, Duncan had a mastectomy and after chemotherapy, survived. She is an active supporter of breast cancer awareness.
Personal life
Duncan has been married twice. Her first husband died from a brain tumour. Duncan lives in New South Wales with her current husband, Bob. They have homes at Pittwater and the mid-north coast of NSW. The Pittwater home is called Tarrangaua and was built for poet Dorothea Mackellar in 1925.