Susanna Leonard Hill
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BioBack in the old days...Susanna Leonard Hill grew up in New York City with her mom and dad, one sister and two brothers, and an assortment of cats. She went to the Brearley School for K - 12, then received her B.A. in English and Psychology from Middlebury College. She then went on to get her M.A. and M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and Special Education of Children With Learning Disabilities from Teacher's College, Columbia University. She worked for many years teaching dyslexic students, but stopped after her third child was born. Now she spends her time being a mom, writing, and visiting schools whenever she gets the opportunity. WritingSusanna began writing as soon as she could hold a pencil. She used to lie on the kitchen floor and ask her mom how to spell things. She wrote her first book in 2nd Grade. It is called The Girl and The Witch and she will read it to you if she comes to visit your school! Her first published book was The House That Mack Built, released by Little Simon in 2002. Since then, she has published three more books: Punxsutawney Phyllis (Holiday House, 2005), Taxi! (Little Simon, 2005), and No Sword Fighting In The House (Holiday House, 2007) with a fifth coming soon from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. She has won awards in several National Writing Contests, including First Place in the 2005 SouthWest Writer's Children's Picture Book Contest for her story Not Yet, Rose, First Place in the 2005 Seven Hills Contest for Writers (Children's Fiction) for 3 stories, First Place in the 2006 CNW/ |
 Susanna is a member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, The Author's Guild, SouthWest Writers and Willamette Writers.  These are my writing buddies.  They don't do a whole lot of writing, though! |
