Susan Vaught (born October 22, 1965) is an American author and neuropsychologist.

Biography

Vaught received a

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degree from the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

and a

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from

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

. In 1991, she graduated from Vanderbilt with a

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in Clinical Psychology and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Research. Since graduation, she has worked as a

neuropsychologist Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of t ...

, including serving as the Director of Neuropsychology and the Clinical Director for a hospital in Tennessee. She presently lives in Kentucky with her wife.

Awards and honors

In 1996, Vaught received the SEAAMR Richard B. Dillard Award For Research In The Field Of Developmental Disabilities. ''

Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy ''Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy'' () is a book written by Susan Vaught and published by Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on Januar ...

'' (2015), ''Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge'' (2017), and ''Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse'' (2019)'','' are

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selections.

Bank Street College of Education Bank Street College of Education is a private school and graduate school in New York City. It consists of a graduate-only teacher training college and an independent nursery-through-8th-grade school. In 2020 the graduate school had about 65 full ...

named ''

'' one of the "Best Children’s Books of 2016." ''Trigger'' received a starred review from ''

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'' and ''Publishers Weekly.'' ''Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry'' received ''Booklist,'' ''Kirkus Reviews'', and ''Publishers Weekly.'' ''Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse'' received a starred review from ''

''. ''Publishers Weekly'' named it one of the best books published in the summer of 2019. ''Together We Grow'' received starred reviews from ''Booklist'', ''Kirkus Reviews,'' ''Publishers Weekly'', and ''School Library Journal''.

Publications

Children's

* ''

'' (2015) * ''Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry'' (2016) * ''Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge'' (2017) * ''Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse'' (2019) * ''Together We Grow'', illustrated by

Kelly Murphy Kelly Murphy is an American author, illustrator and educator. She is based in Providence, Rhode Island. Early life Murphy was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in southeastern Massachusetts. She attended the Rhode Island School of Desi ...

(2020)

Young adult

* ''Fat Tuesday'' (2004) * ''Stormwitch'' (2005) * ''Trigger'' (2006) * ''Big Fat Manifesto'' (2007) * ''Exposed'' (2008) * ''Assassin's Apprentice'' (2010) * ''Going Underground'' (2011) * ''Freaks Like Us'' (2012) * ''Insanity'' (2014)

L.O.S.T. series

The L.O.S.T. series was co-written with R. S. Collins and Debbie Federici. # ''L.O.S.T.'' (2004) # ''Shadowqueen'' (2005) # ''Witch Circle'' (2006)

External links'

Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaught, Susan 1965 births University of Mississippi alumni Vanderbilt University alumni 21st-century American women writers Living people