ABOUT SUSAN
What she sends to publishers:
Susan J. Kroupa has a degree in music theory and has worked as a music reviewer, arts feature writer, and freelance journalist. She has published feature articles on topics ranging from Hopi Indian culture to environmental issues in The Arizona Republic, High Country News, and American Forests. Her fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters, Age of Reason, Bones of the World, and Beyond the Last Star. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future and the Deep South Writing Competition contests, and has also won awards in the Frank Waters Writers of the Southwest, Writers at Work, and the Utah Arts Council contests.
What she might add if she thought there was interest:
After thirteen years in Utah, where she worked at Orem Public Library selecting books for the fiction and foreign language collections, Susan moved with her husband to the Appalachians in southwestern Virginia (or, as one of her daughters puts it, "the middle of freaking nowhere".) There, her desert-raised, moisture-starved soul delights in the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains, where trees, moss, and rainstorms abound; where raspberries and blackberries grow wild; where spring breaks forth in a riot of bird call, blooming azaleas and buzzing bees.
How she sees herself:
Professional writer, amateur photographer, amateur musician, amateur gardener. Dog lover, horse lover, book lover, nature lover. Delusional rose gardener.
How her (grown) kids see her:
Taco-maker supreme, fierce manuscript editor, gaga grandmother . Sadly marginal skills in computer maintenance, movie selection, and city driving. Has the slowest modem connection on earth.
How her dog sees her:
Terrific walker, adequate pack leader, erratic ball-thrower.
How her cats see her:
Unabashed dog lover and cat segregationist. Reliable meal provider.
Susan J. Kroupa has a degree in music theory and has worked as a music reviewer, arts feature writer, and freelance journalist. She has published feature articles on topics ranging from Hopi Indian culture to environmental issues in The Arizona Republic, High Country News, and American Forests. Her fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters, Age of Reason, Bones of the World, and Beyond the Last Star. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future and the Deep South Writing Competition contests, and has also won awards in the Frank Waters Writers of the Southwest, Writers at Work, and the Utah Arts Council contests.
What she might add if she thought there was interest:
After thirteen years in Utah, where she worked at Orem Public Library selecting books for the fiction and foreign language collections, Susan moved with her husband to the Appalachians in southwestern Virginia (or, as one of her daughters puts it, "the middle of freaking nowhere".) There, her desert-raised, moisture-starved soul delights in the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains, where trees, moss, and rainstorms abound; where raspberries and blackberries grow wild; where spring breaks forth in a riot of bird call, blooming azaleas and buzzing bees.
How she sees herself:
Professional writer, amateur photographer, amateur musician, amateur gardener. Dog lover, horse lover, book lover, nature lover. Delusional rose gardener.
How her (grown) kids see her:
Taco-maker supreme, fierce manuscript editor, gaga grandmother . Sadly marginal skills in computer maintenance, movie selection, and city driving. Has the slowest modem connection on earth.
How her dog sees her:
Terrific walker, adequate pack leader, erratic ball-thrower.
How her cats see her:
Unabashed dog lover and cat segregationist. Reliable meal provider.