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Susan Richards Shreve

Biography

Susan Richards Shreve

Susan Richards Shreve is the author of 15 novels, a memoir and 30 books for children. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment grant, among other honors. A professor of creative writing at George Mason University and former chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, Shreve lives in Washington, D.C.

Susan Richards Shreve

Books by Susan Richards Shreve

by Susan Richards Shreve - Fiction

Lucy Painter is a children's book illustrator and a single mother of two. Lucy hopes for a fresh start, but her life is full of secrets: her children know nothing of her father’s death or the identity of their own father. As the new neighbors enter their insular lives, her family’s safety and stability become threatened.