Susan Quinn

Susan Quinn

Susan Quinn is an award-winning writer of non-fiction books and articles. Born in 1940, she grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College. She began her writing career as a newspaper reporter on a suburban daily outside of Cleveland, following two years as an apprentice actor at the Cleveland Playhouse, a professional repertory company. In 1967, she published her first book under the name Susan Jacobs: a nonfiction account of the making of a Broadway play called "On Stage" (Alfred A. Knopf). In 1972, after moving to Boston, she became a regular contributor to an alternative Cambridge weekly, The Real Paper, then a contributor and staff writer on [http://www.bostonmagazine.com/ Boston Magazine] . In 1979, she won the Penney-Missouri magazine award for an investigative article for Boston Magazine on dangerous cargo transported through the city, and the Golden Hammer Award from the National Association of Home Builders for an investigative article on home inspections. She has written articles for many publications, including the [http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/ New York Times Magazine] , the [http://www.theatlantic.com Atlantic Monthly] , and [http://www.msmagazine.com/ Ms Magazine] .

Since 1987 Quinn has published three books on scientific and medical subjects and one dealing with artistic and social issues. Her biography of Marie Curie was translated into eight languages and was awarded the [http://www.fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_prix_des_lectrices_de_Elle Elle Grand prix des lectrices] in 1997. She has served as the chair of PEN New England, a branch of the writers’ organization International PEN. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Books

"A Mind of Her Own; The Life of Karen Horney" (Simon and Schuster, Addison-Wesley and Perseus, 1987)

"Marie Curie: A Life" (Perseus, 1995)

"Human Trials: Scientists, Investors and Patients in the Quest for a Cure" (Perseus, 2001) "Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times" (Walker, 2008)


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