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Susanne Dunlap Author and Book Coach

I am passionate about historical fiction and historical romance. I have 14 published books, and I work with writers 1:1, teach workshops, and create online courses on a variety of craft issues. I have a historical novel course, a scene-building course, and will soon launch a course on writing historical romance.

Susanne sitting at a granad piano getting ready to perform in her graduate recital in 1991
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Why I wrote THE SOPRANO'S DARING DUKE; forthcoming workshop; last chance for sweet romance freebies

News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear Reader, The other night I had dinner with dear friend, fellow author, and expert editor Dori Ostermiller. I often teach workshops at her studio in the town I lived in for 35 years. (And I'm facilitating one on October 5—more below.) Dori is finishing a memoir manuscript and of course we talked about it and about memoir in general. She asked me why I wouldn't write one. I've had a really interesting life and could say a lot. I had to tell her, I will...

News & Musings from Susanne Dunlap Dear friends, I've been burying myself in the world of romance and really enjoying my time there. Who doesn't love a happy ending? A happy ending and getting to know a cast of characters it's easy to fall in love with. That's what I've found in my latest read (OK, my latest listen...) I'd like to introduce you to Christina Dudley Christina writes traditional Regency romance—read: very sweet—which is close to what I'm writing at the moment. I love her...