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Susan Barrett Price

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/susanbarrettprice

born

November 03, 1948 in St Louis, MO, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.madinpursuit.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

influences

Nancy Drew, Paul Bowles, John D MacDonald, F Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Ke...more

member since

January 2009

About this author

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I sketched scenes for my first novel during a gonzo road trip through Central Asia. With my future husband, I endured landslides, village lockdowns, and cold-water shangri-las... bought ancient beads and carpets from refugees... survived being conned and being arrested. I discovered that traveling the borderline between wonder and insanity creates the most anxious characters and the most chilling plots.

More: Like every girl in my generation, I dreamed of being Nancy Drew. And I achieved that dream. No, I didn’t track criminals in my fabulous roadster, but, as a quality assurance leader, I did spend 24 years chasing down answers to poor quality of care and institutional neglect in services for troubled teens. Lotsa head-scratching detective...more

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Books by Susan Barrett Price

Average rating: 3.67 · 9 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works

	Passion and Peril on the Silk Road: A Thriller in Pakistan and China 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Tribe of the Breakaway Beads: Book of Exits and Fresh Starts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Susan Barrett is Currently Reading

Susan Barrett Price is currently reading:

The God Conspiracy

by Derek P. Gilbert

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Susan Barrett Price said: "Listening to Podiocast edition "

Aug 01, 2009 05:20pm · see review

Susan Barrett Price is currently reading:

Molloy

by Samuel Beckett

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Susan Barrett Price said: "Listening to Audible audio version. Listening to Beckett being read by
Sean Barrett and Dermot Crowley is awesome. Molloy is an amazing character, but I'm a little bogged down. Have to be in the right mood for such crotchety introspection. "

Aug 13, 2009 05:44pm · see review

Susan Barrett Price is currently reading:

The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums

by Peter Watson

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Jul 05, 2009 05:09am

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Susan Barrett Price is now friends with David Lentz
Feb 23, 2012 06:32am
Susan Barrett Price liked Elli's review of Passion and Peril on the Silk Road: " This is a real thriller! Starts with a murder and ends with more and plenty of attempts along the way. Trading with arts and antiquities dealers with a fine line between that thieving and smuggling. The Silk Road, the competitiveness of collectors... " Read more of this review »
Feb 23, 2012 06:30am · see review
Susan Barrett Price gave to: The Principle of Ultimate Indivisibility by Brent Robison (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2009	My rating:
Beautifully written short stories, from a unique angle. Top-notch writer.
Mar 20, 2010 08:28am · see review
Susan Barrett Price gave to: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen read in October, 2009	My rating:
Listening to Audible version read by the author. Absorbing writer memoir -- I enjoyed his sense of place as he talks about suburban St. Louis. But the end turns into a screed against the Bush administration and national wildlife refuge policy. Struck...more
Nov 07, 2009 06:39am · see review
Susan Barrett Price gave to: The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen	My rating:
A quirky literary thriller, about politics in a fictionalized St Louis. Not in the same "human drama" category as "Corrections" -- less serious, but more purely entertaining.
Oct 12, 2009 03:38am · see review
Susan Barrett Price gave to: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen	My rating:
Franzen's writing is painfully good. I find his ability to pick the scabs off relationships, especially around parent-child, to be very courageous.
Oct 12, 2009 03:30am · see review
Susan Barrett Price liked the video: John Irving on the Writer's Craft
Sep 03, 2009 03:49am
Susan Barrett Price gave to: Sophie's Choice by William Styron	My rating:
Aug 29, 2009 10:48am
Susan Barrett Price gave to: Night by Elie Wiesel	My rating:
Aug 29, 2009 10:48am
Susan Barrett Price gave to: On the Road by Jack Kerouac	My rating:
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