Susan Smith-Clarke

(1953 –)

Australian fan Susan Batho is also known as Sue Smith, SueP Clarke and Susan Smith-Clarke. She has chaired five Medtrek conventions and a Syncon, put out over 400 fanzines (media, fantasy, apas, faanzines and genzines) and organised the occasional club (Fannish & non-fannish). She was a member of the Sydney Science Fiction Foundation.

She won FanQ and ASFMA awards in editing and writing, and has received a Ditmar Award for services to Australian Fandom (1992) and the A. Bertram Chandler Award in 1997. Founder of Astrex. She is married to fellow fan Ron Clarke.

She worked at Western Sydney University (UWS) and even taught a class in fan studies.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Ark (with Ron Clarke)
• Beyond Antares
• The Chronicles
• Down Under Express
• Eye of Newt
• Forerunner Quarterly (some issues)
• Girl's Own Fanzine
• The Other Side
• Penultimate Blimp (with Ron Clarke)
• Review Zine
• The Wedding [1973] (with Ron Clarke)

More reading:

• Profile at ASFF
• Fanzine collection at National Library of Australia

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1953—

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