Bowker Biography:
Suzanne Smith

Suzanne Smith, formerly a senior research scientist at a national laboratory, has been writing stories, poems, and nonfiction since she was five years old. She is the author of three cookbooks: Pumpkin Recipes, a collection of exciting recipes using the humble pumpkin; Recipes for Romance, a compilation of recipes for every stage of courtship, including the time when the nest has emptied and romance is being re-kindled; and Cooking with Lavender, an adventure in the culinary uses of luscious lavender. She invents some of the recipes in her cookbooks and collects others from friends, family, colleagues, and restaurant chefs in her travels around the world with her husband, Ron, who indulges her in all her obsessions du jour.

She is also the author of A Writer’s Phrasebook, an exploration of the words, phrases, and concepts a writer must understand to succeed in the publishing jungle; and A Writer’s Bookshelf, an annotated booklist with evaluations and recommendations for every serious writer’s library. The latter two books arose from the needs of her students in the writing classes she teaches at the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos Three previous books--The Standard Schnauzer in America, Sourcebook II; New Risks; and Handbook for the International Information Economy--are long out of print.

A free-lance journalist and a member of New Mexico Book Association, Southwest Writers, Romance Writers of America and two of its chapters, and Los Alamos Writers Group, she is hard at work on several new fiction and nonfiction writing projects. In her spare time, she grows orchids and herbs, tends her roses, teaches piano to adults, gives an occasional piano concert, cooks and travels with her husband, and romps with her dogs, who grudgingly consent to be exhibited at random dog shows.

 

Email: llsmith@compuserve.com
Address: Obsession du Jour Press
185 Laguna
Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
Phone: (505) 662-3744