SUSAN BEARMAN is a writer and editor currently focused on fiction. She has published a picture book, stories, articles, and essays. She ghost-wrote Oscar Adler's "Sell Yourself in Any Interview" (McGraw Hill 2008) and has edited several anthologies, including "TILT: Off-Kilter Stories for a Topsy-Turvy World" (2026). After four children, Susan finally figured out she could name as many characters as she wanted without sending them to paying for braces or college tuition.