Suzy Spencer
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Suzy Spencer at the 2012 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born |
September 23, 1954 Lufkin, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Website | http://www.suzyspencer.com |
Suzy Spencer (born September 23, 1954) is an American author and journalist who made the New York Times Best Seller list with her first true crime book Wasted in 1998. Since then, she has published three additional true-crime books. Her book about alternative sex, Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality was released in 2012.
Early life and education
Spencer was born in Lufkin, Texas, where she graduated from Lufkin High School in 1972. She received a degree in journalism from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Career
She moved to New York City and worked as a writer for Fortune magazine. Two years later, Spencer was in Los Angeles freelance writing and completing an MBA in finance and marketing and a master's in professional writing from the University of Southern California.[1]
Spencer has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC World News, Primetime, Dateline NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, Oxygen, E! Channel, and Katie on ABC.[2]
Books
Wasted made the New York Times Best Seller List in 1998.
Reception
Spencer was called by ABC's PRIMETIME LIVE program Austin, Texas' best-known true crime writer. Her first four books each earned iawards:
- Wasted was a New York Times bestseller and Violet Crown Book Award finalist;
- Wages of Sin, which outsold Spencer's first book, was reissued by Kensington Books in December 2010, 10th anniversary of the book's publication;
- Breaking Point was a Book of the Month Club, Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild and Mystery Guild selection;
- The Fortune Hunter was called "riveting" and "blockbuster" by the Globe[1]
References
- 1 2 "Suzy Spencer: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ↑ "About". Suzy Spencer. Retrieved 2013-02-23.