Susan Pohlman is the founder and director of The Phoenix Writers Network. She is a freelance writer, editor, writing coach, and workshop facilitator based in Phoenix, Arizona.  Her essays have been published in The Washington Times, Tiferet Journal, Family Digest, The Family, Raising Arizona Kids, Guideposts Magazine, Homelife Magazine, AZ Parenting, Goodhousekeeping.com, Italiannotebook.com, wesaidgotravel.com, HumorWriters.org,The Review Review , The Mid, The Sunlight Press, ​and Grown and Flown.

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Halfway to Each Other is her first book and winner of the Relationships category and runner-up in the Memoir category in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Inspy Awards.  She is presently working on a second memoir and a MG novel.
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She has written six short films. The Misadventures of Matilda Mench won best screenplay in the 2010 Baltimore 48 Hour Film Project and the 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award for best Independent Fiction Short. The Pen won best screenplay in the 2011 Baltimore 48. 

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Proud contributer to Dream of Venice, a stunning tribute to Venice by photographer Charles Christopher and editor JoAnn Locktov.
Susan grew up in Montclair, NJ. She graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Dayton in 1981 and earned a M.S. in School Administration from California Lutheran University in 1996.  She has lived in Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Italy, Arizona, and Chicago. Besides becoming an expert in relocating, she has worked as a teacher and a school administrator.  

In addition to her writing she works as an editor, writing coach, speaks at conferences, and hosts an annual writing retreat in September in uniquely inspiring Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

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