Suzy Witten's career spans more than twenty-five years in the entertainment industry as a filmmaker, screenwriter, story analyst, and editor for film and television. A graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, she was nominated for a “Lillian Gish” filmmaking award by Women In Film for her theatrical feature film about Hollywood’s teenage runaways, “Runaway Eden.” She was also a Walt Disney Studios Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist for her period story of the Salem Witch Hunt.
In addition to writing novels, she is an External Affairs Media Relations Specialist, writer and researcher during disasters for FEMA (the U. S. Federal Emergency Management Agency).
Her debut novel, THE AFFLICTED GIRLS, won the 2010 IPPY Silver Medal for Historical Fiction.
She recently published her second novel, "10/10ths: A Young Adult Novel of La Carrera Panamericana".
