Susan Sloate

Susan Sloate is the author or co-author of twenty published books, including FORWARD TO CAMELOT: 50th Anniversary Edition (with Kevin Finn), STEALING FIRE and REALIZING YOU (with Ron Doades). All of the above books were published in a single 90-day period in 2013.

The original 2003 edition of FORWARD TO CAMELOT was a #6 Amazon bestseller, took honors in three literary competitions, and was optioned by a Hollywood company for film production. The 2013 revised edition (with a new Afterword by the authors) has received laudatory reviews, including a UK blogger who called it 'the best book I've read this year'. STEALING FIRE went to #2 in its category on Amazon on publication, and remained a Hot New Release for three months. It was also honored in the 2014 Readers Favorite Book Award Competition. REALIZING YOU pioneers a new genre--self-help FICTION. It also has received laudatory reviews from both readers and reviewers.

Susan is also the author of 17 young-adult books, both fiction and non-fiction, including MYSTERIES UNWRAPPED: THE SECRETS OF ALCATRAZ, which led to her appearing as an expert on The History Channel's special on the topic in 2009. She has written books for five girls' fiction series, along with several Y/A biographies. Her Ray Charles biography, FIND ANOTHER WAY!, won the silver medal Multi-Cultural Nonfiction category in the 2007 Children's Moonbeam Book Awards.

She has run two political campaigns and founded a recent Writers Workshop for aspiring playwrights and screenwriters in her hometown of Mount Pleasant, SC. Visit her online at http://susansloate.com