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March 8, 2015
I Don’t Always Write Outside
But when I do, I have company!
This is the view up and to the left of the recliner on the back porch, where I’m writing despite piles of melting snow in every direction. My friend the peacock is making sure I stay on task by occasionally letting loose with a bunch of spring hollering.
“Hollering” is a good ole Southern word. My most recent book, Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy, has a lot of those. Check out Rebecca Van Slyke’s post about favorite Southern expressions over at Emu’s Debuts:
https://emusdebuts.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/southern-expressions/
March 5, 2015
Children’s Writers Out on the Town
Behold, Susan Vaught, Coe Booth, Jason Reynolds, and John Green stunning Indianapolis with our collective writerly brilliance as we utterly fail to take a selfie with an iPad.
Couldn’t ask for better dinner companions or conversation, especially when I am a refugee from Kentucky, which is completely buried in snow.
And, Ben Davis High School is still totally awesome. It was wonderful to meet each and every student, teacher, and librarian I got to talk to today!
January 7, 2015
Emmanuel’s Dream Part III (plus a giveaway!!!)
“Disability is not inability!”
Read about Laurie Thompson’s book, Emmanuel’s Dream, that tells the inspiring story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, who cycled 400 miles to prove that people with disability CAN!
Originally posted on EMU's Debuts:
Laurie Thompson’s beautiful book, “Emmanuel’s Dream” eloquently opens:
In Ghana, West Africa, a baby boy was born:
Two bright eyes blinked in the light,
two healthy lungs let out a powerful cry,
two tiny fists opened and closed,
but only one strong leg kicked.
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born with one strong, and one deformed leg, was a curse to all but his mother, Comfort. Laurie recounts how Emmanuel learned to ride a bicycle with one leg, and later rode nearly 400 miles across Ghana to challenge the misconception that the disabled are cursed and incapable. And that was just the beginning of his journey! Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah continues to inspire us with his passion and compassion as a disabled rights activist, not only in his native Ghana, but all around the world. Want to know more about Emmanuel? 
Emmanuel’s mantra, “Disability is not inability,” is realized in…
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November 10, 2014
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October 11, 2014
Completely Spooky Photo From Work
I work here every day!
My awesome friend and coworker, Jimi White, took this photo at the Old Asylum on March 30, 2012. I think it would have been a fine book cover for Insanity! For now, we’ll just call it veddy, veddy creepy, k?
http://ow.ly/i/7bQGG My awesome friend a
My awesome friend and coworker, Jimi White, took this photo at the old asylum where I work, on March 30, 2012. I think it would have been a fine book cover for Insanity! For now, we’ll just call it veddy, veddy creepy, k?
June 18, 2014
Footer Davis Gets an AWESOME Cover!
John Hendrix created a wonderful cover for my first-ever middle-grade novel, FOOTER DAVIS PROBABLY IS CRAZY! Many thanks to him, and to my wonderful editor Sylvie Frank, for helping me bring this humorous, creepy, challenging mystery into the world. I’m so excited to have a middle-grade on the way.
Coming Spring 2015 by Paula Wiseman Books.
March 21, 2014
Susan Vaught Interview
Check out the awesome questions Mrs. Ada’s students at Indian River High School in Philadelphia, NY, asked me about Freaks Like Us!
Originally posted on The New York State Reading Association Youth Book Blog:
Mrs. Ada’s students at Indian River High School in Philadelphia, NY read Freaks Like Us and sent Ms. Susan Vaught these questions. Thank you to Ms. Vaught for answering and to the students for the thoughtful questions!
Were there real people you based your characters on?
Across my years of practice as a psychologist, I worked with teens and adults with Schizophrenia. Their experiences informed me, inspired me, and humbled me, but I didn’t base my characters on any real people. The characters in Freaks Like Us are from my mind and heart, and that storehouse of experiences so many brave people shared with me.
How did you research what it’s really like to have schizophrenia?
Since around 1990, I have been working with people who struggle with this disorder. That was my primary source of information. I have a doctorate in clinical psychology, and I’ve always preferred helping people…
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February 6, 2014
Are you ready to be afraid?
Welcome to the old asylum.
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
December 15, 2013
Visit L.O.S.T. Again–If You Dare
They’re out! The L.O.S.T. Trilogy is back, with spectacular new covers. Print, Kindle, Nook – choose your format and enjoy!
