Susan Hughes

Susan Hughes (born 1960) is a Canadian author of children's books. She is also a freelance editor of educational materials and she provides manuscript evaluation and coaching services for writers.

Early life

Susan Hughes went to junior high at Glenview Senior Public School and then high school at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute. She studied English literature for one year at Queen's University and then completed three more years at the University of Toronto. Hughes got a summer job at a children's publishing company, Crabtree Publishing, where she learned about writing, researching, editing, proof-reading, and working as a team. Hughes worked for a year with Crabtree and then began freelancing as an editor and writer after she graduated, while also working on her own books.

Career

Susan has written over 25 children's books, both fiction and non-fiction books. She is currently writing the eighth book in her chapter book series THE PUPPY COLLECTION (Scholastic Canada). Two of her books have won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction: CASE CLOSED? NINE MYSTERIES UNLOCKED BY MODERN SCIENCE (Kids Can, 2010), illustrated by Michael Wandelmeier, which won the award in 2011, and OFF TO CLASS: INCREDIBLE AND UNUSUAL SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD (Owl Kids, 2011) which won the award in 2012. Hughes' books have been translated into over seven languages.

In 2012-2013, she became one of four Writers-in-Residence for the Toronto District School Board.