'Being transported to another universe'

 

“Beinga novelist is the adult version of a kid creating a make-believe world. Butunlike a child, a writer of fiction has to come up with a structured story, onethat has as much meaning for others as it has for her.”– Susan Isaacs

Born in Brooklyn, NY, in December of1943, Isaacs grew up in New York City and started as a freelance politicalspeechwriter and editor for Seventeen.  In her mid-30s she decided to try her hand atfiction. Good idea. Her first novel, Compromising Positions, was a Bookof the Month Club main selection, a NewYork Times bestseller, and launched her long, successful creative writingcareer.

 

She’s now authored 17 bestselling books,the latest being this year’s Bad, BadSeymour Brown in her Corie Geller series. She’s also written numerous essays, screenplays, and a work of culturalcriticism, Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women are Really Doing on Pageand Screen.   In addition to books and screenplays, Isaacs oftendoes reviews for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, TheWashington Post, and Newsday.

 

“There are days where I lose trackof time, of place, of everything else,” she said about being a writer.  “I've been transported to another universe.”

 

 

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