Biography and Résumé

As a writer, editor, and coach, Susan applies her 30 years of creative experience to the task of collaborating on written communications that create impact word-by-word, page-by-page, project-by-project.

BIO
From the stages of New York City to the pages of Life Magazine, Susan spent her youth flourishing as a dancer/actor. During and after college, she enjoyed a stint as a professional actor, and then found her calling (to reach and uplift people) in a different way—as a social worker and counselor. After moving to Southern California, she decided to pursue her passion of movie-making as a script supervisor, director and writer.

During this time, Susan wrote her award-winning screenplay, Cloudberries, and went on to garner the following awards:

• Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Award—in the top four screenplays
• Writer's Digest Short Story Award—main stream genre
• Homberg Award for best commercial of San Diego
• Editor’s Choice Award for poetry

Today, Susan writes, edits and coaches others while nurturing her own creative life as a biographer, novelist and screenwriter.

RÉSUMÉ

Writer Editor Coach: 2004 - present

• The biography, From Immigrant to Innovator, the Vision, Work and Legacy of Adolf Schoepe (writer, editor, producer)
• The screenplay, American Spirit (Coach, editor)
• The unabridged audio book version of From Immigrant to Innovator (director)
• The Film: Adolf Schoepe, The Founder of Fluidmaster (writer, director, producer)
• A novella: Dancing with Gravity, the rescue and rehabilitation of a teenage runaway
• Change Your Postures, Change Your Life, co-authored with a chiropractor
• Memoir of a female firefighter (coach and editor)
• Training film scripts for the legal community (writer)
• Break-dancing documentary treatment (writer)
• Educational curricula for HBI, World Literacy Crusade, The Learning Net (writer)
• Small business public relations and marketing materials (consultant, writer)
• Profiles, wedding copy, eulogies, speeches, letters for individuals (writer, editor)

Writer/Editor: 1996 - present

• Screenplays (top award)
• Magazine & newspaper articles (published)
• Short stories, essays and poetry (published)

Writer/Director: 1983 - 1996

• Documentaries
• Corporate
• Creative showcase

Education: Boston University: College of Liberal Arts (English) & School of Fine Arts (Theatre Arts)

Filmmaking: Eric Sherman, Paul Grey

Writing: Dr. Linda Seger, Robert McKee, Syd Fields, John Truby, Sharon Cobb, Long Ridge Writers' Group

Honors: Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Award, Homberg Award, Writer's Digest Short Story Award, Editor’s Choice Award for poetry

Affiliations: member of SCBWI (The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) and The Alameda Writer's Group.

References: Available upon request