Susan Gabriel

Susan Gabriel writes with passion, humor and insight about Southerners, both wise and wounded; teens, both ordinary and odd; and the people who love them, both explicit and unconscious. While she at times has written plays, poetry and nonfiction (see her blog at www.susangabriel.com / blog), Susan primarily writes novels and short stories. Secrets figure prominently in Susan's work, secrets we keep from ourselves and the ones we keep from others, secrets we dare not tell and the ones we must reveal in order to survive. Susan recognizes few labels other than "human" ("I'm a writer, not a genre" she says) and delights in the feedback from her readers from Portugal to Portland, New York to New Zealand.

The Secret Sense of Wildflower is Gabriel's latest novel. It earned a starred review ("for books of remarkable merit") from Kirkus Reviews: "A quietly powerful story, at times harrowing but ultimately a joy to read." She is also the author of Seeking Sara Summers which continues to sell well since its publication in 2008.

- Finalist for the 2011 Linda Flowers Literary Award

- Finalist for the Women Playwrights' Initiative Competition

- Finalist for the Robert Ruark Short Fiction Contest