Susan Bacon Susan Bacon's career as a writer spans more than 30 years. She is a former journalist, an author, an award-winning copywriter and a ghost writer. Her own writing has been published under the names Susan Dynerman, Susan Turley and Susan Bacon. And herghostwriting credits include an international best seller. THE HISTORY TEACHER is her debut novel. A graduate of Barnard College with a degree in history, Susan began her career as an editor of Memphis magazine and a stringer for Time and Fortune. She also worked as a corporate speech writer and ad copywriter in Memphis before moving to Washington DC. In the early '90s, Susan wrote (or co-wrote) two books on the politics of parenting, including ARE OUR KIDS ALL RIGHT?, a Parents' Choice selection. An advocate for enlightened family leave and child care policies, she was featured in major media, including NBC's Today Show and USA Today. During that time, she also contributed feature stories to The Washington Post. In 1996, Susan joined the staff of a DC-based design firm as a senior writer. Six years later, she returned to Memphis and started her own business doing writing projects for a mix of clients and helping other authors with their books. She also pulled a handful of old short stories out of a drawer and began writing fiction in earnest. In 2009, Susan studied with Richard Bausch in his Moss Workshop in Fiction. She wrote one novel and then another. THE HISTORY TEACHER, her second, was published in 2019. Susan lives and writes in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information, visit SusanBacon.com. Read More Read Less