Susan Petrone is the author of the The Heebie-Jeebie Girl (2020,) The Super Ladies (2018), Throw Like a Woman (2015), and A Body at Rest (2009), which won a bronze medal for regional fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY). The Super Ladies was a General Fiction finalist in Foreward Reviews’ 2018 Book of the Year Awards. She is a recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for FY 2020.
Susan’s short fiction has been published by Glimmer Train, Muse, Conclave, Cleveland Review, and Whiskey Island. Her short story, “Monster Jones Wants to Creep You Out” (Conclave, 2010) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her non-fiction has appeared in CoolCleveland, Belt magazine, and ESPN.com. She is also one of the co-founders and former president of Literary Cleveland (litcleveland.org).
Contact Susan for book groups or other appearances (including Skype talks): info@susanpetrone.com.
(excerpt) I told him I would add swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to my List of Things to Do in This Lifetime. As I was getting out of the pool, he raised his right hand and said, “Okay, I confess, I was flirting with you.” (end excerpt)
Ok, I confess, I was flirting too, but it was great meeting you at Mary Doria Russell’s “Doc” reading in Cleveland!
Bob.
Where’d I get the excerpt from? 🙂 🙂 I’ve completely forgotten.
Holy cow, Susan!
(Further confession — I bought your book used from some seller on Amazon — and it turns out to have been inscribed by you!!!!!!!! “Barry, Thanks for reading. Books are good food! Susan — you also underlined your name and scribbled an “S” after it.)
That said, I bought the book on a whim and early this afternoon I when I wrote the “I’m on page 69” comment was sure I was reading a fast read/chick lit book that I’d stuff on a shelf and forget. WRONGO! I love the book, went nuts at the end, and will be recommending it to my reading friends as soon as the sun rises (or I wake up, considering it’s 1:30 am.)
Glad I sat next to you — have you published anything else? I promise I’ll buy new hard-cover. Might even drive to Cleveland to get it signed…
Keep writing,
Bob.
Bob, you just made my night. Thank you for your kind words. I’m so glad you enjoyed A Body at Rest. I’ve published several short stories–links are on the “Clips & Credits” page. And I’m currently querying agents and larger small presses with my next novel. I’m very glad I sat next to you at dinner too.