Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a self-described “arty ex-theater major”. She has a BFA in theater arts from Ohio University and taught high school until her first child was born. She then became a stay-at-home mom. She started to write by accident when her husband’s job moved them from Ohio to New Jersey. She and her best friend, Claire, were avid readers. They decided that they would write a book together. With blind luck, they worked their way through a story and Dell bought that manuscript. Phillips had been bitten by the writing bug and continued to write when Claire moved to the southwest. Her subsequent novels have gone on to win awards and land on bestseller lists.

Phillips and her husband live in Chicago, Illinois. She is the proud mother of two grown sons.