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In the Press
“Wyss offers nuanced takes on vastly different corners of Africa, transcending travelogue to achieve resonant narratives—sometimes funny, sometimes stark—with both grit and heart.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
“[Wyss] beautifully and effortlessly captures the essence of human connection, demonstrating that despite the cultural and personal differences that separate individuals, we are often related by common threads.”
— Library Journal
“Wyss dispels the vague Western concept of Africa as a monolith, a continent teeming with poverty, disease, and relentless civil unrest; instead, she depicts its quotidian ebb and flow….[and] successfully transmutes personal experience into affecting fiction.”
— Urbanite Magazine
Bio
Susi Wyss is the author of a novel in stories, The Civilized World, which draws from her experiences in more than a dozen African countries during her three decades working in international health. The Civilized World received the Maria Thomas Fiction Award and was named “A Book to Pick Up Now” by O, the Oprah Magazine. She has a master’s degree in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University, and lives outside of Washington, D.C. In addition to writing, she currently she serves as Assistant Executive Director of the Writer's Retreat at the Good Contrivance Farm and reviews novels with African settings for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Susi has been supported by funding from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Montgomery County Government and Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
Contact
E-mail the author at susiwyss1 (at) gmail (dot) com
Represented by Maria Massie / Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents
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