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Debut Author Podcast: Susan Wadds

Winner of the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award for her novel, “What the Living Do,” and the 2016 Writer’s Union of Canada’s Prose Contest, Susan Wadds’ work has appeared in various publications, including carteblanche, The Blood Pudding, Room, and Waterwheel Review. A graduate of the Humber School for Writers and a proud member of The Writers Union of Canada and The Canadian Authors Association, Susan is a certified Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) workshop facilitator. She grew up in Toronto, Montreal, and London Ontario, and has lived in British Columbia, Oregon, India, France, and Italy. She’s sort of settled down and currently lives on a quiet river in traditional Anishinaabe territory with an odd assortment of humans and cats.