The Motherhood Trilogy on Amazon Willow Street Press Twitter Facebook Susan's Story Susan began her career schlepping shopping bags for Washington Post fashion editor Nina Hyde. Once she learned to type (a skill she lied about to get the job), she was put to work writing features for the paper's Style section. She moved on to Seventeen magazine in the big 80's as a fashion, beauty and trends editor. (Think shoulder pads, mousse and helicopter earrings.) In the nineties, her twice weekly column for the New York Post delighted millions...and irritated dozens. Her articles and essays have appeared in many national publications including Ladies' Home Journal, Travel & Leisure, First for Women and Parade. Her short fiction was published in Barbie magazine, including the tear-jerker "Midge's Wedding." Over the course of her career Susan wrote hundreds of columns for publications such as AOL/Patch.com, National Review Online, and and Catholic Digest. For two years, Susan was co-host of the popular "Speak Now...with Dave and Susan Konig" on Sirius Satellite radio. The motherhood columnist and her Emmy Award-winning comedian husband interviewed celebrities, athletes, and authors for three hours a day entertaining loyal listeners across the country and internationally. Her first book Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children) was called "brilliant, witty, and downright Bombeckian" by USA Today. Her follow-up, I Wear the Maternity Pants in This Family, was a Parade Pick in Parade magazine along with the third installment Teenagers and Toddlers Are Trying to Kill Me!