1/9/1950-10/31/1996 (Age 46) Hometown : Coushatta, Louisiana, USA Suzannah was a popular North Louisiana native and a successful romance novelist. She grew up in the newspaper family of The Coushatta Citizen, worked for the paper, was an honor graduate and drum major at Coushatta High School, and an organist at St. George Catholic Church. She graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Cum Laude in English and worked as a librarian and social worker before launching her career in the early 80's as a novelist. She published her first novel, "No Bed of Roses" in 1984, and at the time of her death she had written twenty-two novels. Her novels have been translated into more than a dozen different languages included Chinese, Russian and Japanese. She was a charter member of Northwest Louisiana Romance Writers and member of Romance Writers of America. Every fall "The Suzannah" writing contest is held, which is named her in honor. http://nolastars.com/contest/ Suzannah had three children: Brian, Jill and Brad.