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 a variety of print and online outlets including: The Washington Times, Tiferet Journal, Family Digest, The Family, Raising Arizona Kids, Guideposts Magazine, Homelife Magazine, AZ Parenting, Goodhousekeeping.com, Italiannotebook.com, wesaidgotravel, HumorWriters.org,The Review Review, The Mid, Scary Mommy, The Sunlight Press, Akishik Books, and Grown and Flown.
Susan has served as a writer-in-residence for the Arizona Public Library, has taught creative writing at the Arizona State University Emeritus School, and has served on faculty at variety of writers' conferences including the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop and the San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival.
She is the author of two travel memoirs: Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home and A Time to Seek: Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality at Midlife.
Susan has served as a writer-in-residence for the Arizona Public Library, has taught creative writing at the Arizona State University Emeritus School, and has served on faculty at variety of writers' conferences including the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop and the San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival.
She is the author of two travel memoirs: Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home and A Time to Seek: Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality at Midlife.
Amazon Best Seller in Florence Travel and Mid-Life Management!
With wisdom, reverence, and grace, Susan Pohlman delivers a lyrical meditation on midlife and motherhood while traveling the cobblestoned streets of Florence, Genoa, and Rome. A Time to Seek is a must for those navigating the empty nest or a period of personal transition. |
Halfway to Each Other was 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.
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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.
She served as script editor for the feature film, The Road to Galena (2022). |
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, a writing coach, and a conference presenter. She teaches online at Writers.com.
In addition to her writing, she works as an editor, a writing coach, and a conference presenter. She teaches online at Writers.com.