Susan Barnes Crosland (née Watson; 23 January 1927 – 26 February 2011)[2] was a British-American journalist who lived and worked primarily in London.
At a party during the year she met Anthony Crosland shortly after The Future of Socialism, his most significant book, had been published.
Taken on by John Junor of The Sunday Express just prior to her divorce, she freelanced after her second marriage, and specialised in writing features and profile articles.
Crosland strongly supported her husband throughout his political career, culminating in his appointment as foreign secretary in 1976.
George Weidenfeld, her publisher, suggested a novel instead, the result Ruling Passions appeared in 1989,[3] the first of several works of fiction ending with The Politician's Wife in 2001.
By the mid-1980s, Crosland had formed a deep platonic relationship with the conservative journalist Auberon Waugh which lasted until his death in 2001.