Sue Harper is Emeritus Professor of Film History at the University of Portsmouth. She has published many books and articles on British cinema, but since 2020 has been working exclusively on creative writing: The Dark Nest (Egaeus Press 2020), Blood and Coal (IMD Media 2024), and The Sarah Chronicles (ThinkingBiggerBooks, forthcoming). Her website is www.sueharper.co.uk and her YouTube channel is sueharpershortstories. She was commissioned by Portsmouth City Council to write the text on the new large mural commemorating Portsmouth World War I soldiers, which is by Hilsea Station.