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Susi Wyss

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Susi Wyss's fiction is influenced by her twenty-year career managing women's health programs in Africa, where she lived for more than eight years. Her work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and has been recognized by awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, among others. She holds a B.A. from Vassar, an M.P.H. from Boston University, and an M.A. in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

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Happy Pub Day to Everywhere Stories!

I’m very pleased that one of my short stories, “Eggs,” is included in an anthology released today by the independent publishing house, Press 53. Edited by Cliff Garstang, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet includes 20 stories set in 20 countries around the world.

“Eggs,” which is set in the Central African Republic, first appeared in The Bellevue Literary Review in 2007. It al...

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Average rating: 3.92 · 224 ratings · 55 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories 3.84 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet by Clifford Garstang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brandy Abraham (Contributor) , Jay Kauffmann (Contributor) 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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