She undergoes events I have not she has views that I don't necessarily share … but I think there are a few similarities-her red hair, for example, and her love of the countryside." Reviewing Eve Green, a Kirkus Reviews contributor remarked that "plentiful elements of richness and grace slowly give way to a fairly standardized small-town gothic." Reba Leiding, writing in Library Journal, praised Fletcher for including "lush descriptions of beautiful scenery and dramatic weather, plus an authentic view of Welsh rural life," while in Publishers Weekly a critic dubbed the novel "rich-sometimes too rich-in melancholic, misty atmosphere and poetic poignancy." "I think it must be hard for any writer to create a protagonist who has no autobiographical elements," she noted, adding: "Eve is certainly not me. In an interview posted on the HarperCollins UK ReadingGroups Web site, Fletcher discussed the characteristics she shares with her fictional protagonist. When Eve becomes pregnant she is forced to look at her own childhood and seek out the keys to her identity. Though Eve was raised by her grandparents on their farm in Wales, she was considered a troublemaker by some of the locals who had known her father and his reputation. Susan Fletcher's award-winning first novel, Eve Green, tells the story of a troubled young woman who never knew her father and whose mother killed herself when Eve was just a child. Whitbread First Novel Award, 2004, and Betty Trask Prize, 2005, both for Eve Green. Agent-Curtis Brown Group Ltd., Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4SP, England. Education: Studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
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