Susan Trott

Susan Trott
Susan Trott in 1990
Born	(1937-07-04) July 4, 1937 (age 88) Lawrence, Massachusetts
Occupation	Writer
Website
susantrottart.com

Susan Trott (born July 4, 1937) is an American writer known for her novels and short stories across themes of family drama and adventure.

Early life and education

Trott was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Emma and Emery Trott. In the mid 1950s, she dropped out of Bennington College to pursue writing full time. ^[1]

Career

In 1965, Susan Trott began publishing short stories and literary reviews in magazines including Mademoiselle , Cosmopolitan , Redbook , and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction .^{[ citation needed ]}

Trott published her first novel, Mr. Privacy, in 1972. ^[2] This first children's novel was followed by three more: Sea Serpent of Horse (1973), ^[3] Mudfight Diamond (1975), and Monster Music (1977).

She published her first adult novel, The Housewife and the Assassin, in 1979. ^[4] This was followed by several novels published between 1980 and 2023. Her U.S. national bestselling book,^{[ citation needed ]}The Holy Man, was published in 1995. ^{[5] [6]} In 2017, it was dramatized, along with Holy Man's Journey, by Audible London under the title, The Man on the Mountain Top. ^[7] Several of her novels have been optioned in Hollywood, including When Your Lover Leaves, which was adapted into a screenplay of the same name in 1983.^{[ citation needed ]}

Trott continued publishing short stories and essays with The New York Times in the 1990s. ^[8] She taught writing at the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley in 1994, 1996 and 1998 and at Saint Mary's College of California in 2001.^{[ citation needed ]}

In addition to writing, Trott's paintings have been shown at the Marin Society of Artists, The Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael Artisans Gallery, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Belvedere-Tiburon Library, and the S.F Bank of America Concourse Gallery. ^[9]

Bibliography

Children’s literature

• Trott, Susan (1972). Mr. Privacy. Atlantic-Little Brown Books. ISBN   9780316853002.
• Trott, Susan (1973). Sea Serpent of Horse. Atlantic-Little Brown Books. ISBN   9780316853019.
• Trott, Susan (1975). Mudfight Diamond. Solo Books, Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Trott, Susan (1977). Monster Music. Marin Symphony Association.

Novels

• Trott, Susan (1979). The Housewife and the Assassin. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN   9780060971182. ^[4]
• Trott, Susan (1980). When Your Lover Leaves. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ^[10]
• Trott, Susan (1983). Incognito. London: Severn House. ISBN   9780060971069.
• Trott, Susan (1984). Don’t Tell Laura. London: Severn House. ISBN   9780060971052.
• Trott, Susan (1987). Pursued by the Crooked Man. Harper & Row. ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Trott, Susan (1987). Sightings. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780671638047. ^[14]
• Trott, Susan (1990). The Exception. New York: Carrol and Graf. ISBN   9780881846263. ^[15]
• Trott, Susan (1992). Divorcing Daddy. New York: Carroll and Graf. ISBN   9780881847543. ^{[16] [17]}
• Trott, Susan (1995). The Holy Man. New York: Riverhead Books. ^[6]
• Trott, Susan (1997). The Holy Man's Journey. Riverhead. ISBN   1-57322-057-4. ^{[18] [19]}
• Trott, Susan (1998). Crane Spreads Wings, A Bigamist’s Story. New York: Doubleday. ISBN   0-385-49234-0. ^{[20] [21] [22]}
• Trott, Susan (2009). The Holy Woman. Denver, Colorado: Outskirts Press. ISBN   9781573220026.
• Trott, Susan (2010). Flamingo Thief. LuluBooks.
• Trott, Susan (2023). Running at Eighty. Saint Helena: Go Fish Publishing.
  • In Italian, translated by Elena Campominosi: Il Santo, 1996, Corbaccio, Milano and Il Viaggio del Santo, 1998, Corbacico Milano

References

1. Dowling, Tom (December 26, 1990). "Author is Living Happily Ever After". San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
2. "Mr. Privacy". Kirkus Reviews . September 1, 1972. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
3. "The Sea Serpent of Horse". Kirkus Reviews . September 1, 1973. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
4. "The Housewife and the Assassin". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
5. Wilcox, James (March 26, 1995). "Looking for Truth in All the Wrong Places? : A fable full of advice: THE HOLY MAN, By Susan Trott". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
6. "The Holy Man by Susan Trott". Kirkus Reviews . January 1, 1995. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
7. "The Man on the Mountaintop - Earphones Award Winner". AudioFile . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
8. Trott, Susan (May 20, 1990). "Running Away to Sea, The Freighter Way". The New York Times . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
9. Smith, Dianne. "Artist Susan Trott". Running Fence Recycled. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
10. "When Your Lover Leaves". Kirkus Reviews . October 1, 1980. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
11. "Pursued by the Crooked Man". Kirkus Reviews . January 1, 1987. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
12. "Pursued by the Crooked Man by Susan Trott". Publishers Weekly . January 1, 1988. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
13. Goodman, Richard (February 21, 1988). "IN SHORT; FICTION (Published 1988)". The New York Times . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
14. "Sightings". Kirkus Reviews . May 15, 1987. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
15. "The Exception by Susan Trott". Publishers Weekly . January 1, 1990. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
16. "Divorcing Daddy". Kirkus Reviews . February 17, 1992. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
17. "Divorcing Daddy by Susan Trott". Publishers Weekly . February 3, 1992. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
18. "The Holy Man's Journey". Kirkus Reviews . February 15, 1997. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
19. "The Holy Man's Journey by Susan Trott". Publishers Weekly . March 3, 1997. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
20. Hower, Edward (August 9, 1998). "Second Mate (Published 1998)". New York Times . Retrieved September 28, 2025.
21. "Crane Spread Wings by Susan Trott". Publishers Weekly . June 29, 1998. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
22. "Crane Spreads Wings". Kirkus Reviews . June 1, 1998. Retrieved September 28, 2025.