Susan Russell Thompson is a lifelong lover of British fiction and found her inspiration for A Tea Drinkers’ Novel: Chilverton Park through reading the works of Anthony Trollope, Ja...view moreSusan Russell Thompson is a lifelong lover of British fiction and found her inspiration for A Tea Drinkers’ Novel: Chilverton Park through reading the works of Anthony Trollope, Jane Austen, and P. G. Wodehouse. She is also a 1975 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. Some of her artwork may be seen in the collection of Columbus State University and the offices of Pratt & Whitney in Columbus, Georgia. Presently, she resides in the rolling hills of North Carolina with her husband, Dan, and her dog, Molly.view less