“To see that your life is a story while you’re in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.”   

“Susan turned out to be the perfect collaborator for the book I wanted to write about my mother’s life. Working with Susan was rewarding, as we went through multiple drafts, revisions, and discussions. Through it all, our writing process was efficient and enjoyable, as Susan skillfully refined the manuscript to bring the story to life in a most compelling and readable way. Her storytelling expertise, pacing, and character development give readers a reason to care about the protagonist, and helped to craft a compelling narrative arc to my mother’s life story. I highly recommend Susan as a writing partner as well as a caring, thoughtful, and expert collaborator.”

—Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
Attorney and Education Consultant

“Susan is an incisive interviewer and a careful listener. She helps me to connect the dots of my life experience in ways I had not considered until she points out parallels I had not previously linked. Her comfortable style has led to an easy and effective interaction that enhances my ability to tell my story, and I am sure will enhance any client’s ability to get to the heart of their own life story. Her collaboration, superb writing, and narrative flair is shaping my biography into a compelling read that conveys and perpetuates the values by which I have lived my life, and which I leave as my legacy to future generations.” 

—Richard A. Wolford
Ret. Chairman, President and CEO, Del Monte Foods
Former President, Dole Packaged Foods
Past Chairman, Grocery Manufacturers Association 

“After the very positive experience and resulting Stanford University Press book that my father published with Susan, she was the only person I sought out when the time came that I wanted to write my own book, presenting architecture as a social art. Though she is not an architect herself, Susan is extremely bright and a very quick study. She listens closely and carefully. I can almost hear my father’s voice leaping off the page when I read his book, and she ably captures my voice in mine. She is flexible and easygoing, offering her expertise as a published author and marketer with confidence, yet open to my out-of-the-box ideas as well. Professional, thorough, an adept manager of time and budget matters, I could not have asked for a better collaborator on my book project.”

—Robert T. Steinberg, FAIA
Chairman, Steinberg Hart

“Warm and personable, Susan was a welcome presence in our home and we looked forward to her visits. She arrived on schedule, well-prepared, having done her research. After the first few meetings, Susan would deliver written draft chapters, which provided us with the opportunity to review and propose modifications as she continued the interview process. This practice effectively moved the manuscript along at a steady pace. The book that arose from Susan’s manuscript, A Place in the Sun, was published by Stanford University Libraries. It’s a very good read, in large measure because of Susan’s superb efforts.”

—Robin Kennedy for Donald Kennedy (1931-2020)
President, Stanford University 1980 to 1992
Editor-in-Chief, Science, 2000 to 2008
Commissioner, FDA, 1977 to 1979