| Suzanne Cecile Ebel Belsey Goodwin | |
| Pseudonym: | Suzanne Ebel, Suzanne Goodwin, Cecily Shelbourne |
| Birth Name: | Suzanne Cecile Ebel |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Sutton, Surrey, England |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | British |
| Period: | 1963–2001 |
| Genre: | Romantic novels |
| Spouse: | 1. Adrian Belsey 2. John Goodwin (1971–2008) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Awards: | RoNA Award |
Suzanne Goodwin, née Suzanne Ebel (27 September 1916 – 28 February 2008), was a British writer of over 40 romantic novels and was translated into some 15 languages. Under her maiden name she wrote contemporary romances and British guides, under her married name historical romances, she also used the pseudonym of Cecily Shelbourne.[1] In 1964, her novel Journey from Yesterday won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award awarded by the Romantic Novelists' Association. and in 1986 the British Travel Association Award.
Born Suzanne Cecile Ebel on 27 September 1916 in Sutton, Surrey, England, of an Irish mother and French father, the latter an interior decorator. She was educated at Roman Catholic schools in England and Belgium. In London, she worked as journalist on the Woman's Page of The Times, and from 1950 to 1972 as a director of the advertising agency Young and Rubicam.
She married Adrian Belsey, a dentist, with whom she had a son, James, and an adopted daughter, Marigold, but the marriage faltered. In 1947, she met and began a long affair with John Goodwin. A theatre publicist, he was head of publications and publicity for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre, and later edited Peter Hall's diaries. After Belsey's death in 1971, they married and had a son, Tim.
She died on 28 February 2008.
She published Journey from Yesterday in 1963, which won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She started writing contemporary romances under her maiden name Suzanne Ebel, and used her married name Suzanne Goodwin when writing historical romances.