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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Romance novelist allegedly faked her own death, only to announce she’s alive two years later

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In the Facebook group The Ward, the ongoing drama surrounding Susan Meachen’s fake death is perhaps more enticing than any novel.

Susan Meachen is an indie romance writer who, for the last two years, was known to be dead. In October 2022, a post to The Ward Facebook group – a private fanclub dedicated to Meachen – announced the aspiring author had taken her own life after she was bullied by fellow authors to the point of suicide.

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