Susan Ross grew up in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine and divides her time between her home in Westport, Connecticut and her adored house on the coast of Maine. She attended Brown University and NYU School of Law, and was a 2019 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellowship Partner at Harvard University.
After practicing law, Susan taught legal writing in Brooklyn and in Budapest, and creative writing in Connecticut at Westport Writers Workshop and Writopia. She is a former Trustee of the Westport Library. Susan especially loves author visits. There is nothing she enjoys more than hanging out in a classroom talking to students about her books and teaching kids about writing and literature!
Searching for Lottie was inspired by stories from members of Susan's family, whose lives were forever changed by the Holocaust.
Fascinating Facts About Susan:
Susan is a certified Junior Maine Guide!
Susan’s middle name is “Lotte” (in English, ‘Lottie’), after a young relative who was lost in the Holocaust.
Susan wrote her first novel, about a wild horse with cruel masters, in the fourth grade at Lake Street Elementary School in Auburn, Maine.
Susan “adopted” lots of stray kittens growing up - and named ALL of them Thomasina.
Susan’s children had a pet rabbit named Matteo, who enjoyed playing bunny soccer — just like Jacques’ rabbit, Pele, in Kiki and Jacques: A Refugee Story.