SUSAN WELS
Writer & Editor
"An extraordinary writer, collaborator, and project manager"
SUSAN WELS is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author and a specialist in memoir development and corporate, academic, narrative, organizational, and family history.
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Her work has been published by Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Time-Life, HarperCollins, Viking, Running Press, Pegasus Books, the New York Post, Time.com, The Independent (UK), Stanford Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Diablo Magazine, and numerous other publications.
Her work has been praised by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, People Magazine, the Smithsonian, Publishers Weekly, the New York Post, Booklist, Library Journal, the New York Journal of Books, the Daily Express (UK), Elle magazine (Italy), the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, and the San Jose Mercury-News.
Books, Articles, & Collaborations
Published Books
Articles & Blogs
Writing
Collaborations
An Assassin in Utopia
Pegasus Books, 2023
San Francisco: Arts for the City
Civic Art and Urban Change, 1932-2012
Heyday Books, 2013
SFJAZZ: The First 30 Years
Chronicle Books, 2013
Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It
Running Press, 2009
California Academy of Sciences:
Architecture in Harmony with Nature
Chronicle Books, 2008
A Day in the Life of Africa
Tides, 2003
Pearl Harbor: America’s Darkest Day
Time-Life, 2001
Domain Names for Dummies
Hungry Minds, 2001
Stanford: Portrait of a University
Stanford Alumni Association, 1999
Titanic: Legacy of the World’s Greatest Ocean Liner
Time-Life, 1997
The Story of Mothers and Daughters
Collins, 1997
Jerusalem: In the Shadow of Heaven
Collins, 1996
The Olympic Spirit: 100 Years of
the Games
Collins, 1995
A Day in the Life of Thailand
Collins, 1995
Requiem for the Heartland
Collins, 1995
A Day in the Life of Israel
Collins, 1994
The African Americans
Viking, 1993
America: Then and Now
HarperCollins, 1992
15 Seconds: The Great California Earthquake of 1989
The Tides Foundation, 1989
Writing that hones your message and hits your target on subjects ranging from health care, business, and science to green technology, engineering, education, music, the media, architecture, art, travel, and history
If you want to share your expertise or life experiences with a wider audience, a writing collaboration can help you find your voice, complete your book project, and achieve your goals.
“Quite simply, I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. [My] book has benefited immeasurably from her fine writing skills and excellent judgment every step of the way."
