Susan Daitch attended Barnard College, graduating in 1977. During this time she worked as a painter creating what she called "narrative drawings."

Later, her attention turned to the Whitney Museum of Modern Arts Independent Study Program where she received further education and eventually began work. During the late 1970s, her artistic approach came to a turning point with a move from art towards fiction.

Daitch is the author of a collection of short stories, Storytown, and two novels, L.C. and The Colorist. Her work has appeared in The Voice Literary Supplement, Bomb, The Iowa Anthology of Transgressive Fiction, and The Norton Anthology of Postmodern Literature. She currently lives in New York City.

Nericcio, William Anthony (1993). "Rend[er]ing L.C.: Susan Daitch Meets Borges & Borges, Delacroix, Marx, Derrida, Daumier, and Other Textualized Bodies." reference; pdf full-text