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Susan Isaacs (born December 7, 1943) is an American novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, educated at Queens College, and worked as a senior editor at Seventeen magazine. She married Elkan Abramowitz, a lawyer, in 1968 and in 1970 left work to stay at home with her newborn son, Andrew. Three years later, in 1973, she gave birth to her daughter Elizabeth. She freelanced during this time, writing political speeches and magazine articles. She now lives on Long Island with her husband.

Her first novel, Compromising Positions, was published in 1978. It was chosen as a main selection of the Book of the Month Club and was, like all of her subsequent novels, a New York Times bestseller. Her fiction has been translated into thirty different languages all over the world. In 1985, she adapted her own novel for the screenplay of the film Compromising Positions, which starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. She wrote and co-produced Touchstone Pictures’ Hello Again, a 1987 comedy starring Shelley Long and Judith Ivey. In addition to writing books, essays, and screenplays, Isaacs has reviewed books for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Newsday. Isaacs has also written about politics and First Amendment issues.

Isaacs serves as a chairman on the board of Poets & Writers and is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America. She is a member of The Creative Coalition, National Book Critics Circle, PEN, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Adams Round Table. She sits on the boards of the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, the Queens College Foundation, the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Association, and the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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Total Books: 164
Bad Bad Seymour Brown
2024 - Bad Bad Seymour Brown (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780802163349
ISBN-10: 0802163343
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Takes One to Know One
2020 - Takes One to Know One (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780802149411
ISBN-10: 0802149413
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Takes One to Know One A Novel
2019 - Takes One to Know One a Novel (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780802147554
ISBN-10: 0802147550
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Goldberg Variations A Story of Three Cousins and a Fortune
2013 - Goldberg Variations a Story of Three Cousins and a Fortune (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781451605921
ISBN-10: 1451605927
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 1.8/5 Stars.
 2

Goldberg Variations
2013 - Goldberg Variations [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781470334123
ISBN-10: 1470334127
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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As Husbands Go
2012 - As Husbands Go (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781451633368
ISBN-10: 145163336X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 7

As Husbands Go
2010 - As Husbands Go (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781416573012
ISBN-10: 1416573011
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 40

As Husbands Go A Novel
2010 - As Husbands Go a Novel [Library Edition] (Audio Cassette)Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781441748119
ISBN-10: 1441748113
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1

Lily White
2010 - Lily White [Library Edition] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781441717412
ISBN-10: 1441717412
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Close Relations
2009 - Close Relations (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061735318
ISBN-10: 0061735310
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

Past Perfect
2009 - Past Perfect (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743463140
ISBN-10: 0743463145
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 17

Past Perfect
2008 - Past Perfect (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781416572084
ISBN-10: 1416572082
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 33

Past Perfect
2008 - Past Perfect [Audio CD - Abridged] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781423338949
ISBN-10: 1423338944
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 23

Red White and Blue
2007 - Red White and Blue (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780786158027
ISBN-10: 0786158026
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Past Perfect
2007 - Past Perfect (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743242165
ISBN-10: 0743242165
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 31

Past Perfect A Novel
Past Perfect A Novel
2007 - Past Perfect a Novel (Audio CD)Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781423338888
ISBN-10: 142333888X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 5

Past Perfect A Novel
2007 - Past Perfect a Novel (Audio CD)Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781423338901
ISBN-10: 1423338901
Genres: Business & Money, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Compromising Positions
2007 - Compromising Positions (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780425216194
ISBN-10: 0425216195
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 9

Any Place I Hang My Hat
2007 - Any Place I Hang My Hat (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743463133
ISBN-10: 0743463137
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 55

Any Place I Hang My Hat
2006 - Any Place I Hang My Hat (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780743272308
ISBN-10: 0743272307
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 70

2004 - Long Time No See [Judith Singer, Bk 2 - Audio CD - Abridged] (Audio CD)Audio CD
2002 - Long Time No See [Judith Singer, Bk 2] (Paperback)Hardcover
2001 - Long Time No See [Judith Singer, Bk 2] (Hardcover)Paperback
2001 - Mord Unter Freunden [Adams Round Table - German Edition] (Paperback)
1999 - Brave Dames and Wimpettes [Library of Contemporary Thought Los Angeles, Calif.] (Audio Cassette)
1985 - Compromising Position [Judith Singer, Bk 1] (Paperback)
1974 - Children We Teach [Unibooks] (Hardcover)
1970 - Developments in Psychoanalysis [The International Psycho-Analytical Library, Number 43] (Hardcover)
As Husbands Go [Center Point Platinum Fiction] (Other)
Hora Magica La [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)