Susan Quinn
Susan Taft Quinn (born 1940) is an American writer of non-fiction books and articles. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Award.
Life
Born in 1940, Susan Quinn grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College.
She began her writing career as a newspaper reporter on a suburban daily outside of
In 1967, she published her first book under her married name of Susan Jacobs: a nonfiction account of the making of a Broadway play called On Stage (Alfred A. Knopf). In 1972, after moving to Boston, she became a regular contributor to an alternative Cambridge weekly, The Real Paper, then a contributor and staff writer on Boston Magazine. In 1979, she won the Penney-Missouri magazine award for an investigative article for Boston Magazine on dangerous cargo transported through the city, and the Golden Hammer Award from the National Association of Home Builders for an investigative article on home inspections. She has written articles for many publications, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and Ms Magazine.
Since 1987 Quinn has published three books on scientific and medical subjects and two dealing with artistic, social, and political issues. Her biography of
She lives as Susan Quinn Jacobs in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Awards and honors
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- 1988 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, A Mind of Her Own: The Life of Karen Horney
Books
- A Mind of Her Own; The Life of Karen Horney (Simon and Schuster, Addison-Wesley and Perseus, 1987)
- Marie Curie: A Life (Perseus, 1995)
- Human Trials: Scientists, Investors and Patients in the Quest for a Cure (Perseus, 2001)
- Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times (Walker, 2008)
- Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady (Penguin Random House, 2016)
