Every Life Is Worth the Time
It Takes to Tell It Well
Meet Susan
Susan D. Brandenburg is an award-winning biographer and freelance journalist with more than three decades of experience writing newspaper columns, feature articles, personal and professional profiles, and full-length biographies.
Her biography of Jacksonville businessman Doc Garland Granger, Sharecropper’s Son, received the Florida Writers Association Literary Award for Biographies. Over the course of her career, Susan has written and published nearly 100 books.
Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Woman’s World Weekly, Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul, Folio Weekly, Jacksonville Luxury Living, Jacksonville Magazine, Women’s Digest, H Magazine, Water’s Edge Magazine, Ponte Vedra Recorder, Resident Community News, and San Marco and Beaches magazines.
Susan serves on the board of the National League of American Pen Women, The Carpenter’s Shop Center, and the Stetson Kennedy Foundation.
A lifelong observer of people and places, she has lived across the United States and abroad, including time in Germany and Japan, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Australia, Central America, and Alaska.
She believes, without exception, that everyone is extraordinary.
Her Philosophy
She believes that God has granted her the gift of words and she uses those words in preserving your legacy.
Why Memoirs:
Susan spent the early part of her career in journalism, where she learned to ask the questions no one else was asking, and to hold space for the answers that surprised everyone, including the person giving them.
You have lived a valuable life, and your friends and family want to know how you did it. Your memoir will inform and inspire them.
Where were you born and to whom? Please describe your parents and your family background, including any early influences that shaped your life story.
What is your first childhood memory, and how does it reflect your early life experiences?
What did you want to be when you grew up, and what path did your career or life journey ultimately take?
Tell us about your special interests in life—such as sports, volunteering, hobbies, or meaningful work—and how they contributed to your personal legacy.
Who was your most important mentor, and why did their guidance have such a lasting impact on your life?
How do you want to be remembered, and what legacy or life story would you like to preserve for future generations?
