Susan Meissner (she/her)

Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with a million books in the hands of readers and in eighteen languages. She is an author, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include "When We Had Wings," "The Nature of Fragile Things," "The Last Year of the War" and the forthcoming "Only the Beautiful." Meissner lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their yellow Lab, Winston.

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Writing Across Time & Space

In this session, three authors will share their thoughts on historical fiction, from the Philippines in World War II to the Jazz Age in N.Y.C. to the Cuban Revolution to the 1930s in California.

Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 4, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Armando Lucas Correa, Susan Meissner, Kitty Zeldis
Moderator: Jeffrey Ronstadt

Resilience in War

This morning we will meet four authors who have detailed the horrors of living in war zones, while at the same time featuring warm, human, everyday people who somehow overcome even the most trying circumstances.

Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Jennifer Coburn, Kristina McMorris, Susan Meissner, Lauren Willig
Moderator: Pamela Treadwell-Rubin

Books:

When We Had Wings

Fiction / Literature
Harper Muse
October 2022
ISBN 9780785253341
432 pages

The Nature of Fragile Things

Fiction / Literature
Penguin
January 2022
ISBN 9780451492197
384 pages