Susan Duncan
Australian writer

Susan Duncan

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Australian writer
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22 October 1930(Albury)
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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.