Born Suzanne Henriette Einzig in Dahlem, Berlin, at the age of 15 she studied at the Breuer School of Design before being evacuated to England 2 years later. In 1939 she enrolled at the Central School of Arts & Crafts where she studied wood engraving under Gertrude Hermes and John Farleigh and drawing under Bernard Meninsky and William Roberts. After the war she worked as an illustrator mainly for childrens books and was a regular illustrator for the I.C.I. publicity dept. and for the Radio Times from c.1948. One of her colleagues was John Minton who was an important influence on her work. From 1959 until 1988 she was a lecturer, later senior lecturer, at Chelsea School of Art & Design. Exhibited paintings at the R.A. V & A and at the Barbican Art Gallery and elsewhere in the UK and abroad.