Susan Zakin was born in New York City, and moved to the American West in the 1980s. After publication of her first book, Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement (Viking), she was awarded a fellowship to train environmental journalists in Madagascar, where she became interested in gem smugglers and mercenary soldiers. Her research eventually led to the novel The Afterlife of Victor Kamara.

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She is also editor of the anthology Naked: Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth.

You may write to Susan at:
szakin@gmail.com

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