Susane Colasanti

Susane Colasanti

Susane Colasanti with a funfetti cupcake on her 40th birthday
Born (1973-05-01) May 1, 1973
New Jersey
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Education Academic major in Astrophysics/Earth and Space Science, Academic minor in Psychology; Master's degree in Science Education: Teachers of Physics, 7–12
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania, New York University
Period 2006–present
Genre Young adult fiction
Website
susanecolasanti.com

Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of realistic, contemporary teen novels. Before becoming a full-time author in 2007, Susane was a high school science teacher for ten years. She lives in New York City.[1]

Biography

Susane Colasanti grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, a rural area known for its many acres of woods. As a teenage Jersey girl, Susane felt like her true home was across the water in New York City. She moved to Manhattan to attend grad school at New York University in 1996 and has lived in New York City ever since.

Susane has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Astrophysics/Earth and Space Science with a minor in psychology. She has a master's degree from New York University in Science Education 7–12, Teachers of Physics.[2] Before becoming an author, Colasanti was a high school teacher of earth science, physics and meteorology in Manhattan and the South Bronx.[3] In 2007, Colasanti was finally able to pursue writing as her full-time career, after spending ten years teaching.[2]

Speaking of her teaching career in high school, she always broke from tradition and followed her own creative approach to her work, like preparing materials way out of the text books, taking after school lessons and designing unconventional science labs. The results that followed always proved outstanding: one hundred percent students sailed through exams when barely forty percent made it before she taught the class. And this miracle indeed happened in a school at South Bronx, considered one of the poorest congressional districts in New York.[4]

"Giving back to the community is something I've always felt really strongly about. I believe in karma, that if you put positive energy out into the Universe, you are creating positive energy in your own life", writes Susane, the teen-romance writer.[5]

She believes that teachers play a pivotal role in the life of kids at school. Her commitment and devotion to her work and her unfailing support to her students during her school career was altogether outstanding. Little wonder, some of her former students and colleagues have called her another "real life" Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the Hollywood movie Dangerous Minds). Today, she works and lives in New York as a full-time writer.[4]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. 1 2 A., Angela. "Meet the Author: Susane Colasanti". Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kumar, Lisa. Something About the Author Volume 214. Detroit, Mich: Gale, 2010
  4. 1 2 Colasanti, Susane. "SUSANE COLASANTI BIOGRAPHY" (PDF). rahlee.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Colasanti, Susane. "Life". Susane Colasanti. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ WorldCat item record
  7. ↑ Reviews: The Guardian, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
  8. ↑ WorldCat item record
  9. ↑ Reviews:Booklist, School Library Journal
  10. ↑ WorldCat item record
  11. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly,
  12. ↑ WorldCat item record
  13. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, School library Journal, Booklist
  14. ↑ item record
  15. ↑ Reviews: School Library Journal,, Booklist
  16. ↑ WorldCat item record
  17. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly
  18. ↑ WorldCat item record
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