A. S. A. Harrison

Susan Harrison was a Canadian writer and artist who published under the name A. S. A.

Harrison. She lived in Toronto and was married to visual artist John Massey. Harrison made a name for herself with performance art in the late 1960s, collaborating with Margaret Dragu.

She worked as a typesetter for Toronto publications, and published several works of non-fiction. Her only novel, The Silent Wife, published in June 2013, was met with positive reviews. The domestic noir psychological thriller tells the story of the slow murderous disintegration of a marriage.

Shortly before the novel's publication, Harrison died of cancer, aged 65.