Susan Palwick (1961, New York) is an American writer and associate professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She began her career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1985.

Palwick attended Princeton University and holds a doctoral degree from Yale. Although not a prolific author, Palwick's work has received multiple awards, including the Rhysling Award (in 1985) for her poem "The Neighbor's Wife." She won the Crawford Award for best first novel with Flying in Place in 1993, and The Alex Award in 2005 for her second novel, The Necessary Beggar. Her third novel, Shelter, was published by Tor in 2007. Another book, The Fate of Mice (a collection of short stories), has also been published by Tachyon Publications.

Susan Palwick is a practicing Episcopalian and lay preacher. She also writes a column for the Church Health Center's website on faith and health, HopeandHealing.org.

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