Susan Petrone is a fiction writer, playwright, and freelance writer and editor. Her fiction has been published by Glimmer Train, Featherproof Books, Muse, Conclave, and Whiskey Island. Her first novel, A Body at Rest, was published in March 2009 byDrinian Press. Her plays have had performances and/or readings at the Cleveland Playhouse, The Lamb's Club (New York, New York), St. Johns College (Annapolis, Maryland), and several smaller non-Equity houses in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she is a regular feature contributor to Cool Cleveland. She holds a master's degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Cleveland State University and lives with one husband, one daughter, and three dogs in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Clips & Credits

Fiction

Novels

A Body At Rest (Drinian Press, 2009). Read an excerpt HERE
Download discussion questions for A Body at Rest

Short Fiction

"Monster Jones Wants to Creep You Out," Conclave (forthcoming)
"Sunday Morning in 1982," a mini-book from Featherproof Books
"Things Unseen" Muse 01.08
"This Is How It Happened" Glimmer Train Stories, Fall 2007 (issue 64)
"A Tail" Whiskey Island winter/spring 1998

Non-fiction

"On Being an Also-Ran: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Creative Workforce Fellowships from Someone Who Didn't Get One" Cool Cleveland 1.20-1.27.10
"The Oral Tradition Lives On--Somewhere" Cool Cleveland 11.25-12.02.09
"Put Down the Beer Stein and Grab a Book!: It's Octavofest 2009" Cool Cleveland 10.14-10.21.09
"Imagination and Inspiration: Imad Rahman Aims to Inspire NEO" Cool Cleveland 5.27-6.03.09
"The Answer to Your Off-Season Baseball Fix Is Right Here in Cleveland" Cool Cleveland, 1.28-2.04.09
"Cleveland's Literary Godfather Steps Down: A Conversation with Neal Chander" Cool Cleveland, 6.18-6.24.08 
"All We Are Saying Is Give Art a Chance" (Interview with Cuyahoga Arts and Culture's Cathy Boyle) Cool Cleveland.com, 6.04-6.11.08 
"Jazzed about Jazz: A Conversation with WCPN's Dan Polletta" Cool Cleveland.com, 5.14-5.21.08
"Gray's Auctioneers: Not Your Father's Auction House" Cool Cleveland.com, 2.27-3.5.08
"Lit Chick: Judy Mansour-Thomas Reinvigorates Cle's Literary Nonprofit" Cool Cleveland.com, 1.23-1.30.08
Urban Update, November/December 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, September/October 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, July/August 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, May/June 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, March/April 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, January/February 2007, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Urban Update, November/December 2006, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University