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Susan Rebecca White

Susan Rebecca White
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Susan Rebecca White

Susan Rebecca White is the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Soft Place to Land and Bound South. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia and teaches creative writing at Emory University. Visit her online at SusanRebeccaWhite.com.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My maxim is, "Everybody has a story." And when I'm on a plane, I have a mantra, which is, "The plane is not going to crash. The plane is not going to crash."
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My life in 8 words: "Cyclical: Sometimes I'm hyper productive, sometimes very lazy."
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April 28, 2009
Mother’s Day Contest My sister, Lauren Myracle, YA author extraordinaire, has a fantastic new book coming out titled Peace,...
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November 17, 2008
I have always loved to cook.


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A Place at the Table will be released on June 04, 2013 in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
May 23, 2013
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A Place at the Table
May 17, 2013
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May 04, 2010
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A Soft Place to Land will be released on April 06, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 06, 2010
A Soft Place to Land is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 06, 2010
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Mar 25, 2010
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Susan Rebecca White Revealed

Susan Rebecca White Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. My maxim is, "Everybody has a story." And when I'm on a plane, I have a mantra, which is, "The plane is not going to crash. The plane is not going to crash." Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Jeez, I don't know if perfect happiness exists. But I do know that intense periods of concentration can lift me out of my sometimes jumbled, moody, myopic way of going through life. Which is to say that I am really, really happy when I lose myself in my writing, when time passes without me realizing it, and afterwards I have to look over what I wrote because it was almost as if I--the normal old neurotic me--went away for a bit. Other moments of happiness are: Watching my dog leap, jump, and play with the other dogs at the park. Cooking dinner with my husband and eating by candle light. Taking a walk on a crisp autumn morning, observing the leaves fall around me. Eating a salad of greens from my own garden. Sitting around with old friends, drinking wine and listening to music. The first bite of dessert. Touching down in Paris, knowing the dreaded flight is over and the vacation has begun. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. He's kind of an anti-hero, but I love Ignatius P. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces. Q. What’s your best quality? A. Generosity. Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. Owning my own restaurant. Learn more about Susan Rebecca White

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AL.com, March 27, 2013
...of my favorite authors, and their answers were as rich and diverse as the books they write themselves. Susan Rebecca White, author of "A Soft Place to Land" named Wallace Stegner's "Crossing to Safety" as her all-time favorite novel. A rather simple...
Atlanta Journal And Constitution, February 22, 2013
...the South?), Amber Dermont (?The Starboard Sea?), Kevin Young (?The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink?) and Susan Rebecca White (?A Soft Place to Land?). The event, $95 (excluding tax, gratuity), benefits Decatur Education Foundation literacy efforts....
Raleigh News & Observer, January 12, 2013
...?Condom Store.??Lauren?s life is very much threaded through her children?s lives,? said Myracle?s sister, the novelist Susan Rebecca White, adding, ?It?s very different than the parents in a Charlie Brown novel where the adults are outside of the world...
Bend Bulletin, January 6, 2013
...Store." ?Lauren?s life is very much threaded through her children?s lives," said Myracle?s sister, the novelist Susan Rebecca White, adding, ?It?s very different than the parents in a Charlie Brown novel where the adults are outside of the world the kids...
Anniston Star, October 21, 2012
...family life — all told with both truth and humor — get a copy of “Bound South” by Susan Rebecca White. Better still, come and meet this writer from Atlanta at the Friends of Houston Cole Library’s Fall Speaker event Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in Room...
Cleveland Advocate, August 31, 2012
...especially when the work is a debut piece of published fiction. So it was with BOUND SOUTH by Susan Rebecca White (Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, February, 2009, 341 Pages); the cover picture was colorful and attractive, and was...
Raleigh News & Observer, January 12, 2013
...?Condom Store.??Lauren?s life is very much threaded through her children?s lives,? said Myracle?s sister, the novelist Susan Rebecca White, adding, ?It?s very different than the parents in a Charlie Brown novel where the adults are outside of the world...
Bend Bulletin, January 6, 2013
...Store." ?Lauren?s life is very much threaded through her children?s lives," said Myracle?s sister, the novelist Susan Rebecca White, adding, ?It?s very different than the parents in a Charlie Brown novel where the adults are outside of the world the kids...
Anniston Star, October 21, 2012
...family life — all told with both truth and humor — get a copy of “Bound South” by Susan Rebecca White. Better still, come and meet this writer from Atlanta at the Friends of Houston Cole Library’s Fall Speaker event Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in Room...
Roswell Patch, September 13, 2012
...30075 When: October 20, 2012 Time: 2:00 pm–3:30 pm You are invited to meet local author Susan Rebecca White, the guest speaker of the Atlanta Authors Speaker Series on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Roswell Library.  The 2:00 PM program is free...
Cleveland Advocate, August 31, 2012
...especially when the work is a debut piece of published fiction. So it was with BOUND SOUTH by Susan Rebecca White (Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, February, 2009, 341 Pages); the cover picture was colorful and attractive, and was...