Sue Mott
Picture by Kraken as part of their Opus series.
Award-winning sports columnist, feature writer and chief interviewer at the Daily Telegraph for 12 years, Sue Mott is now much in demand in her new freelance capacity.
A major contributor to television and radio - all terrestrial channels, Sky, ESPN and Radio 5Live - Sue has covered all the major sporting events including World Cups, Olympics, Wimbledon, Commonwealth Games, Athletic World Championships, FA Cup Finals and several Test series.
Formerly tennis and football correspondent of the Sunday Times, and presenter of BBC sports investigation programme, On the Line. Presenter of Radio 5 series: Who Runs Sport? and has made appearances on Radio 5’s Loose Women and Fighting Talk. Sue has been a regular contributor to ESPN’s American TV coverage for the last four years during the Wimbledon Championships.
Winner of the Sports Journalists' Association Feature Writer of the Year award in 1996 and highly commended almost every year since. She was also highly commended in UK Press Awards as Sports Journalist of the Year in 2001 and 2003. In 2009 Sue was again shortlisted for Sport Newspaper Interviewer of the Year.
Some of Sue’s most recent interviews include those with Serena Williams, Theo Walcott, John Surtees and tri-athlete Vanessa Raw.
Author of 'Girls Guide to Ball Games' (short-listed for William Hill Book Award), and regular contributor to many magazines. Has recently completed a major contribution to Kraken's Arsenal Opus (including a 10,000 word interview with Arsene Wenger); collaborated with Steve Redgrave on his new book, Inspired; and ghost-written Andy Murray's autobiography. She has repeatedly served as a judge in the British Sports Book Awards. Sue is also a regular contributor to a number of magazines, including Esquire, Men’s Health, Horse and Hound, Square Meal and Athletics Weekly.
Sue is also an accomplished after-dinner speaker / interviewer / host for such companies as the Lady Taverners, the National Sporting Club, and several City institutions and Olympic Games organisations.
A Girls' Guide to Ball Games
The Arsenal Opus (Lead writer)
Hitting Back (Andy Murray's autobiography)
Coming of Age (Andy Murray’s updated autobiography)
Inspired (Sir Steve Redgrave’s book on Inspirations within sport)
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