Facts: - period: 1993-present - notableworks: '' the firebird '' - influences: mary stewart , nevil shute - genre: romance , thrillers - pseudonym: susanna kearsley emma cole - birth date: brantford , ontario - awards: rita award 2014 the firebird best paranormal romance - name: susanna kearsley - nationality: canada - occupation: novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of susanna kearsley .
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susanna kearsley -lrb- born in brantford , ontario -rrb- is a new york times best selling canadian novelist of historical fiction and mystery , as well as thrillers under the pen name emma cole .in 2014 , she received romance writers of america 's rita award for best paranormal romance for '' the firebird '' .