Susan Viets

Susan Viets worked as a journalist in Eastern Europe and the USSR during the collapse of communism. Starting in Budapest with the Guardian (1988 - 1990), she then became the first accredited foreign correspondent in Ukraine, reporting for the Independent (1990 - 1992) and the BBC (1994 - 1996). After a year with the International Red Cross in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1997 - 1998), Susan returned to Canada as a CBC news writer and producer. In 2004 she visited Ukraine and covered the Orange Revolution for the Independent on Sunday. Susan has also contributed to Newsweek, USA Today, the Moscow Times and other publications.

Picnic at the Iron Curtain won a 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist's award. It was also a 2012 Foreword's Book of the Year Award finalist.

Visit Susan's website at www.susanviets.com.

(Photos and videos for Picnic at the Iron Curtain are posted on the site.)