Suzi Wizowaty | |
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Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Chittenden-6-5 district | |
In office January 2009 –January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Bill Keogh (D) |
Succeeded by | Mary Sullivan (D) |
Personal details | |
Born | Cincinnati,Ohio,U.S. | January 6,1954
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Joan Robinson |
Residence(s) | Burlington,Vermont,U.S. |
Education | Princeton University (AB) Goddard College (MA) |
Profession | Writer |
Website | suziwizowaty.com |
Susan Lyn "Suzi" Wizowaty (born January 6,1954) is an American writer and politician from Burlington,Vermont. A Democrat,she was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives,representing the Chittenden-6-5 district in Burlington from 2009 to 2015. First elected in 2008,she did not run for re-election in 2014.
Born in Cincinnati,Ohio,Wizowaty grew up in Europe,Texas and Connecticut,and graduated with an A.B. in anthropology from Princeton University in 1977 after completing a 91-page long senior thesis titled "Apple Days Delilah:A Justification for Fiction in Anthropology." [1] She then received a M.A. from Goddard College in Plainfield,Vermont .. She lived in San Francisco,Chicago,and New Jersey before moving to Burlington in 1985. [2]
Wizowaty has worked as a bookseller,librarian,newspaper reporter and editor,also having experience in the non-profit sector with the Vermont Humanities Council and Vermont Works for Women. A published author,she has written three novels:The Round Barn (Hardscrabble,2002) A Tour of Evil (Philomel,2005),and The Return of Jason Green (Fomite,2014).
In 2008,Wizowaty ran for the Vermont House of Representatives in the two-member Chittenden-3-5 district. She faced two incumbents in the Democratic primary but was the top vote-getter,beating Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan,who finished in second place and Rep. Bill Keogh,who came third. [3] In the general election held on November 4,the Democratic nominees –Wizowaty and Donovan –ran unopposed. She was re-elected to the House on November 2,2010. Following redistricting,she was elected to represent the Chittenden 6-5 district in 2012. She did not seek re-election in 2014 and was succeeded by Mary Sullivan.
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