Susan Bella Ikin is Melbourne born and bred and is proud of it. She lives on the outskirts of the city on a bush block with her family, which includes a few humans, a standoffish cat and two really odd Kelpies who provide no end of entertainment, and don't understand that they can't chase foxes and rabbits without stopping at the fences! They also frequently help themselves to a swim in the neighbours' dam, fortunately the neighbours don't mind.
Susan loves to read various genres of fiction, and enjoys writing romantic fiction, although she says that the characters actually tell the stories, she just writes down what they tell her to write. Susan has completed the "Daughters of Melbourne" series and is currently plotting a different story in another genre.