Susan Telander lives in Minnesota, where she taught English language classes to adult immigrants from all over the world. Her writing has appeared in Brevity and The Briar Cliff Review as well as the 20th anniversary edition of The Fourth River. She attended the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, working with Rajiv Mohabir and Lucy Ives, and Lit Fest in Denver, working with Emily Rapp Black. She holds a Master of Music degree in classical singing and opera from the University of Minnesota.

Personal Statement

As a writer, I am fascinated by the memories we choose to carry with us and those we cannot put down. I write about the stories people convince themselves are true and the ones they will never speak of.

I love living in Minnesota, a place of abundant lakes and extravagant winters.