Susan Vaught

Vaught received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Science from Vanderbilt University.^[1] In 1991, she graduated from Vanderbilt with a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Research.^[2] Since graduation, she has worked as a neuropsychologist, including serving as the Director of Neuropsychology and the Clinical Director for a hospital in Tennessee.^[1]

Vaught is autistic.^[3] She presently lives in Kentucky with her wife.^[4]

In 1996, Vaught received the SEAAMR Richard B. Dillard Award For Research In The Field Of Developmental Disabilities.^[2]

Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy (2015),^[5] Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge (2017),^[6] and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse (2019),^[7] are Junior Library Guild selections. Bank Street College of Education named Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy one of the "Best Children’s Books of 2016."^[8] Trigger received a starred review from Booklist^[9] and Publishers Weekly.^[10] Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received Booklist,^[11] Kirkus Reviews,^[12] and Publishers Weekly.^[13] Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse received a starred review from Booklist.^[14] Publishers Weekly named it one of the best books published in the summer of 2019.^[15] Together We Grow received starred reviews from Booklist,^[16] Kirkus Reviews,^[17] Publishers Weekly,^[18] and School Library Journal.^[19]