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Jun.10.2010
The other night I went to a very informative event that was part of the SCBWI New York Chapter Professional Series. It was called "Marketing to the Max", and featured Susanna Reich, author and publicist, and Melanie Hope Greenberg, children's book author/illustrator. I went partly to show...
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Apr.22.2008
I probably should have announced this a while ago, but my Young Adult historical, The Musician's Daughter, was bought by Melanie Cecka at Bloomsbury Children's, US, to be published sometime in 2009.
I'm very honored to have been taken up by Bloomsbury. They've published some fabulous YA historicals...
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Feb.08.2008
Here are ten late-night, slightly inebriated reasons (thank GOD no one reads this blog!):
1. because it's in me and it has to come out.
2. because if I don't someone else will have to.
3. because my fingers itch and I have to touch the keyboard.
4. because the story came to me in my sleep.
5....
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Feb.04.2008
I sit here enjoying a glass of wine in my Brooklyn apartment, listening to the classical music station on my cable TV network, and I think about a little girl in New Haven who has just today undergone major surgery to remove her stage four neuroblastoma. This beautiful little girl is under three,...
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Jan.30.2008
I'm one of the fortunate ones in the eyes of many aspiring writers. I have two published books to my credit. I write in the genre of historical fiction because that is where my passion lies, and I've been lucky to find a niche that--along with hard work and sheer determination--has gotten me a big...
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Jan.29.2008
I answered a call to help out an author who was suffering from cancer and could not undertake her own publicity, and bought and read this book. I was glad to do it even without knowing if I'd like what I read. Now that I've read it, I'm REALLY, REALLY glad I did it. Patry's book has to be one of...
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Jan.22.2008
OK, so I'm terrible at keeping blogs updated. But I felt that I should at least say something to commemorate starting my presence here at Red Room, and say welcome to my fellow writers and readers.
I'm thinking I'll write about my coming foray into Young Adult historical fiction, about which I can...
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About Susanne
Susanne Dunlap has published four works of historical fiction, two for adults (Emilie's Voice and Liszt's Kiss) and two for young adults (The Musician's Daughter and Anastasia's Secret). She is a graduate of Smith College with a PhD from Yale University in...
Causes Susanne Dunlap Supports
New York Public Radio, WFCR, Connecticut Opera, Neuroblastoma Foundation