Susan Petrone is a fiction writer, playwright, and freelance writer and editor. Her fiction has been published by Glimmer Train, Featherproof Books, Muse, and Whiskey Island. 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

"Sunday Morning in 1982," a mini-book from Featherproof Books
A Body At Rest (novel) was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Read an excerpt HERE
"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

"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