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Hubbard, Susan Mary was born on September 6, 1951 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Daughter of Middleton John Schwartz and Dorothy Katharine Long.
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The Year of Disappearances: An Ethical Vampire Novel (Ethical Vampire Novels)
(Now available in paperback, Susan Hubbard’s “smooth super...)
Now available in paperback, Susan Hubbard’s “smooth supernatural thriller” (Publishers Weekly) The Year of Disappearances continues the most surprising vampire story you’ll ever read. • Hot genre: New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris likens Hubbard’s “mysterious and well-written” novels to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, whose fans “pump new blood into Hubbard’s series” (Florida Today). The devotion of readers to this category ever-expanding in popularity is a prime opportunity to showcase Hubbard’s outworldly fiction. • Author buzz: Hubbard’s novels grab the attention of a key demographic—enthusiasts of fantasy-themed fiction. “Fans of Stephenie Meyer, I have a new author for you who is even better. meet Susan Hubbard,” proclaims the Poisoned Pen newsletter from the Poisoned Pen mystery bookstore. Booksellers have welcomed Hubbard as an important new contributor to the genre. • The year of the vampire: Ariella Montero, the perpetually thirteen-year-old, half-human, half-vampire whose adventures began in The Society of S, here, in The Year of Disappearances must harness her special abilities of hypnotism, mind-reading, and the power to make herself invisible to contend with the fatal (for humans) cultural clash wrought by warring sects of vampires and played out against the backdrop of American national politics, whereby a leading candidate proves to be something other.
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Blue Money: Stories
( A union organizer returns to her hometown and her high ...)
A union organizer returns to her hometown and her high school sweetheart, only to discover unexpected peril. A middle-aged man walks to meet his wife at work one day and loses her forever. A young writer's stage fright destroys her work and her marriage but offers her a new life. In Blue Money, Susan Hubbard creates a world in which the most ordinary things can be magical, and the most ordinary people can be extraordinary. "Selling the House" is the enchanting story of Marianne, a young housewife whose life is altered forever by a mysterious stranger. He suddenly appears on her doorstep one morning, offers to buy her home, quotes poetry, and just as suddenly disappears. Marianne soon discovers, however, that the stranger wants more than her house—he wants her. Although she does not accept the man's proposition, Marianne has been changed by it. His words echo throughout her life. "If she sometimes had trouble sleeping, if she spent more time reading poetry or staring out the window . . . well, those were small aberrations in an otherwise quite satisfactory life." Strangers appear and disappear in Blue Money. Shoes charm and cure. A soiled shirt conjures conscience, and a clean one promises new identity. Hubbard brilliantly weaves these fantastic elements into the fabric of her fiction. Women's relationships with men—whether they be fathers, lovers, or strangers—are a prominent theme of Hubbard's collection. "What Friends Are For" captures this theme at its most humorous and bizarre in the strange mishaps of two young girls trying to rid their lives of the stepfathers they despise. When their plan fails miserably, the girls are forced to accept the unwanted men, but not without finding brief comfort in the humor of their failure. "Then I start laughing too--a laugh I've never laughed before, like some exotic bird, high and shrill and free—and now we're laughing so hard that the voices outside fade away entirely." Praised by Ploughshares as "an assured storyteller and a complex narrative stylist," Hubbard excels at writing spare yet powerfully evocative prose. Haunting in its suspense and subtle grace, Blue Money celebrates Hubbard's marvelous ability to explore the power of imagination.
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Lisa Maria Takes Off (Red Dress Ink Novels)
(With her boyfriend, the enigmatic McAllister, researching...)
With her boyfriend, the enigmatic McAllister, researching his latest book in London, and her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, what better opportunity to take off? But in London, the solid ground under Lisa Maria's heels gives way. McAllister has fallen under the influence of his bloodless editor, Lisa Maria's advice column is under legal attack and (worst of all) she's sprouted two gray hairs. Now, between fending off a crude rock star, impersonating a Brit and learning to strut in bamboo stilettos, Lisa Maria's feeling something she hasn't felt in a while: out of control -- and more than a little heartsick. Ah, to be young(ish), jealous and exceptionally good at revenge. But how far should any woman go in the interest of romantic justice? Just ask Lisa Maria - a feisty American fighting for love in London. Susan Hubbard is the author of Lisa Maria's Guide for the Perplexed, the prequel to this book, as well as Walking on Ice and Blue Money. She teaches creative writing at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, and she is the founder and curator of the Gallery of Questionable Taste.
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Susan Mary Hubbard
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Susan Mary Hubbard, American writer, literature educator. Fellow, Aspen Writer's Conference, 1987; grantee Master Writer's grant, National Writer's Voice, 1997. Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Associated Writing Programs (member executive board 1999—2004, president 2002-2003).
Education
Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1974. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1984.
Career
Reporter, columnist Evening Press, Binghamton, New York, 1974-1976, Evening Sentinel, Ansonia, Connecticut, 1976-1978. Investigative reporter Journal-Courier, New Haven, 1978. Reporter Herald-Journal, Syracuse, 1979-1980.
Teaching assistant Syracuse University, 1981-1984, instructor, 1984-1988. Project editor Educational Research Information Clearinghouse Clearinghouse, 1986-1987. Senior lecturer Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1988-1995.
Writer in residence Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1995. Professor department English University Central Florida, Orlando, since 1995. Guest Yaddo, Virginia Center for Arts.
Djerassi resident Artists' Project, Cill Rialaig.
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Lisa Maria Takes Off (Red Dress Ink Novels)
(With her boyfriend, the enigmatic McAllister, researching...)
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The Year of Disappearances: An Ethical Vampire Novel (Ethical Vampire Novels)
(Now available in paperback, Susan Hubbard’s “smooth super...)
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Blue Money: Stories
( A union organizer returns to her hometown and her high ...)
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Lisa Maria Takes Off (Red Dress Ink Novels)
Membership
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Associated Writing Programs (member executive board 1999—2004, president 2002-2003).
Connections
Married J. T. W. Hubbard, June 16, 1979 (divorced August 1994). Children: Katherine Ada, Clare Adrienne. Married Robley Wilson, June 17, 1995.
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American
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1974
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1984
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1974 - 1976
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1976 - 1978
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1978
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1979 - 1980
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1988 - 1995
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