Susan Grant

Susan Grant
EducationUnited States Air Force Academy (1982)
OccupationsNovelist, pilot
Writing career
GenresRomance, Science fiction
Notable workContact
Notable awardsRITA award – Paranormal Romance
2003 Contact
Websitesusangrant.com

Susan Grant is a United States Air Force veteran, pilot, and bestselling American writer who has won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA Award.

Biography

Grant was born in New York. She graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982, the third class to include women, and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. She attended pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas and stayed on for three more years as a flight instructor pilot in the T-37. Her next assignment was to Mather Air Force Base, California, flying T-43s as a command pilot. Upon her honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1989, she went on to work for United Airlines as a pilot, flying Boeing 737s, Boeing 747s, and Boeing 777s (current position).

Grant began writing in 1997, taking chapters of her book to work for her colleagues to read. She is now the author of many award-winning, best-selling novellas and novels, including Contact, which won the 2003 Romance Writers of America RITA Award . She lives in Auburn, California.

Bibliography

Star series

2176 Freedom series

Otherworldly Men series

Borderlands series

Sky Mates series

The Lost Colony series

Stand-alone novels

Anthologies

Awards and reception

Publishers Weekly said Once a Pirate "creates a satisfying ending that, with a little suspension of disbelief, holds up to scrutiny".

Contact is an "emotionally charged aviation romance" but has a "slow beginning and implausible premise" according to Publishers Weekly.

The Star King received two PEARL awards and a RITA Award nomination.

Publishers Weekly said of The Legend of Banzai Maguire "this adrenaline-laced, romantic adventure seizes the reader's attention with its gutsy, larger-than-life characters and compelling, colorful vision of the future" and called the book "a strong launch for a very promising series".

Publishers Weekly said of The Scarlet Empress: "Though the novel requires giant leaps of faith, pleasantly shocking twists and turns keep readers enthralled. Grant's writing remains vivid whether describing astounding futuristic advances, depicting a vicious gun volley or drawing a poignant love scene."

References

  1. 1 2 Yamashita, Brianna (7 July 2003). "Stars In the Ascendant: Susan Grant". Publishers Weekly. 250 (27): 44. ISSN 0000-0019.
  2. 1 2 "Past RITA Winners". Romance Writers of America. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Steinberg, Sybil (3 January 2000). "Once a Pirate". Publishers Weekly. 247 (1): 62. ISSN 0000-0019.
  4. ↑ Yamashita, Brianna; Zaleski, Jeff (30 September 2002). "Contact (Book)". Publishers Weekly. 249 (39): 56. ISSN 0000-0019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "The Legend of Bonzai Maguire". Publishers Weekly. 251 (10): 56. 8 March 2004. ISSN 0000-0019.
  6. ↑ "The Scarlet Empress". Publishers Weekly. 251 (47): 44. 22 November 2004. ISSN 0000-0019.