Susan Childress

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Using blunt scissors, pages from a Big Chief tablet, a borrowed stapler and a Number Two pencil, Susan Wiggs self-published her first novel at the age of eight. A Book About Some Bad Kids [I still have this-CL] was based on the true-life adventures of Susan and her siblings, and the first printing of one copy was a complete sell-out. Due to her brother's extreme reaction to that first prodigious effort, Susan went underground with her craft, entertaining her friends and offending her siblings with anonymously-written stories of virtuous sisters and the brothers who torment them. The first romance she ever read was Shanna by the incomparable Kathleen Woodiwiss, which she devoured while slumped behind a college vector analysis textbook. Armed with degrees from SFA and Harvard, and toting a crate of "keeper" books by Woodiwiss, Roberta Gellis, Laurie McBain, Rosemary Rodgers, Jennifer Blake, Bertrice Small and anything with the words "flaming" and "ecstasy" in the title, she became a math teacher, just to prove to the world that she did have a left brain. Late one night, she finished the book she was reading and was confronted with a reader's worst nightmare—She was wide awake, and there wasn't a thing in the house she wanted to read. Figuring this was the universe's way of taking away her excuses, she picked up a Big Chief tablet and a Number Two pencil, and began writing her novel with the working title, A Book About Some Bad Adults. Actually, that was a bad book about some adults, but Susan persevered, learning her craft the way skydiving is learned—by taking a blind leap and hoping the chute will open. Her first book was published (without the use of blunt scissors and a stapler) by Zebra in 1987, and since then she has been published by Avon, Tor, HarperCollins, Harlequin, Warner and Mira Books. Unable to completely abandon her beloved teaching profession, Susan is a frequent workshop leader and speaker at writers' conferences, including the literary institution Fields End and the legendary Maui Writers Conference. Her novel The Charm School was voted one of RWA's Favorite Books of the Year. She is the proud recipient of three RITA awards for Lakeside Cottage, Lord of the Night and The Mistress, and is often a finalist for the prestigious award. Her books appear regularly on numerous "Best Of" lists. Susan enjoys many hobbies, including sitting in the hot tub while talking to her mother on the phone, kickboxing, cleaning the can opener, sculpting with butter and growing her hair. She lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

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Wayward Girls
Representative edition published 2025
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Return to Willow Lake
Representative edition published 2024
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A summer affair
Representative edition published 2024
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Sugar and Salt
Representative edition published 2023
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Welcome to Beach Town
Representative edition published 2023
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Twelve Dogs of Christmas
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Sugar and Salt
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Sugar and Salt
Representative edition published 2022
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Sugar and Salt CD
Representative edition published 2022
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Una de azúcar y otra de sal
Representative edition published 2022
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The Mistress (Mira)
Representative edition published 2022
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Lost and Found Bookshop
Representative edition published 2021
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Avec vue sur le lac
Representative edition published 2021
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The Lost and Found Bookshop Low Price CD
Representative edition published 2021
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La librería de los recuerdos perdidos
Representative edition published 2021
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La librería de los recuerdos perdidos
Representative edition published 2021
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The Lost and Found Bookshop CD
Representative edition published 2020
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The Lost and Found Bookshop
Representative edition published 2020
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The Charm School
Representative edition published 2020
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Enchanted Afternoon
Representative edition published 2020
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The Horsemasters Daughter
Representative edition published 2020
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The Charm School Lib/E
Representative edition published 2020
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The St. James Affair
Representative edition published 2020
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Moonshadow Lib/E
Representative edition published 2020
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