Susannah Clapp (born 1949) is a British writer, who has been the theatre critic ofThe Observer since 1997 and is a contributor to theBBC Radio 3Nightwaves programme.[1]
Clapp read English at theUniversity of Bristol, where one of her teachers wasChristopher Ricks.[citation needed]
An editor and reader at the publisherJonathan Cape early in her career, Clapp was a founder of theLondon Review of Books, where she was assistant editor.[2] She is the author of books aboutBruce Chatwin andAngela Carter, and is the literary executor of the estates of both authors.[3]
She was elected aFellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2013.[4]
In December 2013, after 14 years' involvement, Clapp resigned from the judging panel of theEvening Standard Theatre Awards following her objection to changes in the voting method.[5] Allegedly, vote rigging occurred caused by the use of a secret ballot, rather than the judges making their case to each other as had been the previous practice.[6]
