Susan Meier was born on April 22, 1956, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The third of 11 children, she was raised in a big family. During high school, she wrote and directed plays complete with commercial breaks and wrote poetry.
She has worked as a major defense contractor, a columnist for a small newspaper, and a division manager for a charitable organization, as well as a legal secretary, office manager, receptionist, waitress, bingo worker, and ice cream salesperson. She decided to pursue fiction in earnest one month before her 30th birthday and published her first romance novel in 1990. She ended her tenure after 25 years when she resigned her position in the human resources department for a major defense contractor to write full-time.
She has been an active member of the Pennsylvania writers organization, Pennwriters, previously serving as President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Area Representative, Bylaws Committee Chair, and Elections Chair. She is Pennwriters' 1999 Meritorious Service Award winner. She is also a member of RWA and is a moderator on the cataromance.com Kiss and Tell bulletin board. She is a frequent workshop speaker.
Susan continues to live in Pennsylvania with her husband Michael, their three children, Michael Jr., Sarah and Allen, and two cats.
