A career educator, Susan has taught students from 7th grade through college level. She holds a BA in English from Carson-Newman College and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies from George Mason University. She is listed in several volumes of Who's Who in American Education. Susan belongs to Author's Guild, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, South Carolina Writers, OLLI Writers at Clemson University, and Lake Writers. She loves to talk with budding writers at schools, writers' conferences, and workshops. Her young adult anti-bully novel EAGLEBAIT, updated with cyber-bullying and reissued soon via The Wild Rose Press, is in its fourth edition for print and e-book. EAGLEBAIT won the NY Public Library's "Books for the Teen Age," and the International Reading Association's "Young Adult Choice."A RED, RED ROSE, first in a cozy mystery/Southern Gothic series, was nominated for a literary award with the Library of Virginia. BENEATH THE STONES, the sequel, was released in April of 2015. A third book in the Trilogy, NOBODY KNOWS, carries on the saga. In 2018 Susan published a cozy mystery A MURDER OF PRINCIPLE. All four of these novels were published by The Wild Rose Press (NY).In the fall of 2022, along with co-author Kathy Graham, a certified yoga instructor, Susan published the children's picture book SPOOKY YOGA through KDP.Susan's website: www.susancoryellauthor.com and blog: www.susancoryellauthor.blogspot.com or contact her on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063592146345