Susie Morgenstern

Children's Author

Birthday March 18, 1945

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Newark, NJ

Age 80 years old

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About

French-American children's author for her contributions to children's and young adult literature in France including Secret Letters from 0 to 10, La Sixième, I Will Make Miracles, The Pink Suitcase, and many more. 

Before Fame

She pursued higher education in the United States and Israel before relocating to France in 1967. She completed a PhD in comparative literature in France. She published her first books her first book La Sixième in 1984.

Trivia

She has written over 150 books in her career. She is American by birth but she chose to write primarily in French. She received a knighthood from the French government.

Family Life

She was born Susie Hoch. She was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. She has two sisters and grew up in a Jewish family. She married Jacques Morgenstern. She has two daughters.

Associated With

She and Judy Blume are both prolific children's authors with many books about coming of age.