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• Susan Beth Pfeffer:

  I had finished the first draft of 'Life As We Knew It' before Katrina hit, and it was startling to

• Susan Beth Pfeffer:

  A lot of my YA novels are about family problems.

• Susan Beth Pfeffer:

  What interests me more than dramatic heroics are the domestic things: How do people do laundry and

• Susan Beth Pfeffer:

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• Susan Barker:

  My process for determining which eras I'd write about was to just read history books that gave a re

• Susan Barker:

  My grandfather was originally from the south of China before he emigrated to Malaysia pre-World War

• Susan Barker:

  During the six years I spent writing my novel 'The Incarnations,' I lived in seven cities in four c

• Susan Barker:

  I wrote in coffee shops in Japan when I was 22, 23, before I had the stamina to sit down and write.

• Susan Barker:

  You know, you hear about these writers reading 'Lolita' at 12. I wanted to be a chemistry teacher.

• Susan Barker:

  I feel uninhibited when I'm writing.