Susan Kite was born in Indiana, but because her father was in the Army, she moved extensively during her growing-up years. The post library was the first place she found after a move, avidly reading the works of Andre Norton, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, J. R. R. Tolkien and many others. In her teens, she dabbled in writing, creating stories based on characters from her favorite TV shows. (Today that’s called fan fiction!) 

               That changed thirty years ago when the writing bug bit again. For a decade, fan fiction was the focus, but this provided practice and helped develop skills needed to write original works. A visit to the Mission San Luis Rey in California in 2001, and subsequent research became the catalyst to write her first young adult historical novel, My House of Dreams. She followed that with a science-fiction trilogy, The Mendel Experiment, a middle grade fantasy, Realms of the Cat and First Realm, other science fiction novels, Moon Crusher, Planet of Outcasts, Crossroads to the Stars, Voyage of the Sea Dragon, and an early chapter tall tale, Billy Bob Flybottom. During this time, several of her Zorro novels and short stories were published.

               The author worked in public school libraries for thirty-five years, retiring in 2017. Several of her books have won awards, including Planet of Outcasts, which just earned gold in the Royal Palm Literary Contest from Florida Writers.