Sue Hubbard is an award-winning poet, novelist and freelance art critic. Twice a Hawthornden Fellow her poetry includes Everything Begins with the Skin (1994) and Ghost Station, (2004). She has published a collection of short stories, Rothko's Red, (2008), a novel, Depth of Field, (2000) and a book on art, Adventures in Art (2010) and written regularly for The Independent and The New Statesman. She was the recipient of a major Arts Council Award for her new novel, Girl in White.