Susan Vaught (born October 22, 1965) is an American author and neuropsychologist.
Biography Vaught received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Science from Vanderbilt University. In 1991, she graduated from Vanderbilt with a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Research. Since graduation, she has worked as a neuropsychologist, including serving as the Director of Neuropsychology and the Clinical Director for a hospital in Tennessee.
Vaught is autistic. She presently lives in Kentucky with her wife.
Awards and honors In 1996, Vaught received the SEAAMR Richard B. Dillard Award For Research In The Field Of Developmental Disabilities.
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy (2015), Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge (2017), and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse (2019), 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." Trigger received a starred review from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse received a starred review from Booklist. Publishers Weekly named it one of the best books published in the summer of 2019. Together We Grow received starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. +Awards for Vaught's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2005StormwitchAndre Norton AwardNomineeCarl Brandon Kindred AwardNominee2006ALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection2007Big Fat ManifestoSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNomineeTriggerALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection2009Big Fat ManifestoAmelia Bloomer Book ListSelectionTriggerSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNomineeRhode Island Teen Book AwardNominee2010Big Fat ManifestoPopular Paperbacks for Young AdultsSelection2012Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der JugendjuryNominee2015Footer Davis Probably Is CrazyCybil Award for Middle Grade FictionNominee2016Edgar Award for Best JuvenileWinner2017Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying SorryEdgar Award for Best JuvenileNominee2019Truman Readers AwardNominee2020Me and Sam-Sam Handle the ApocalypseEdgar Award for Best JuvenileWinnerSuper Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's RevengeSouth Carolina Book Award for Junior BookNominee
Publications
Children's
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy (2015) Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry (2016) Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge (2017) Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse (2019) Together We Grow, illustrated by Kelly Murphy (2020)
Young adult
Fat Tuesday (2004) Stormwitch (2005) Trigger (2006) Big Fat Manifesto (2007) Exposed (2008) Assassin's Apprentice (2010) Going Underground (2011) Freaks Like Us (2012) Insanity (2014)
L.O.S.T. series The L.O.S.T. series was co-written with R. S. Collins and Debbie Federici.
L.O.S.T. (2004) Shadowqueen (2005) Witch Circle (2006)
External links'
Official website
References