Susie Orman Schnall is the author of five novels about ambitious women: ANNA BRIGHT IS HIDING SOMETHING (2024), WE CAME HERE TO SHINE (2020), THE SUBWAY GIRLS (2018), THE BALANCE PROJECT (2015), and ON GRACE (2014).

She’s also a screenwriter currently shopping her first pilot and feature-length screenplay.

Susie grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband raised their three sons in New York, and they now live in Charlotte, NC.

When she’s not reading or writing you can find her doing a crossword puzzle, oil painting, playing around on Canva, or hiking to the top of a mountain. She also serves on the board of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation.