Meet the 2025 Writers

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1:00 pm | Saturday, August 16

Susin Nielsen

This event sponsored by: The Lynn Pakulak Endowment Fund

Susin Nielsen’s newest novel, Snap, delivers flawed but relatable characters whose heartaches, foibles, and choices will make you cringe as you laugh out loud.

Susin Nielsen is the multiple-award-winning author of seven middle grade novels. Her books have won the Governor General’s Literary Award, the UKLA Award and over a dozen Young Readers’ Choice Awards. In 2019 she was presented with the Writers’ Trust Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Her books have been translated into more than fifteen languages. Nielsen is also a prolific screenwriter: her latest award-winning TV show, Family Law, airs around the world. Snap is her first adult novel.

Book cover: Snap - by Susan Nielsen
Susin Nielsen credit Darko Sikman
Photo credit Darko Sikman