Susan Odgers

Susan Odgers lives in Traverse City, Michigan. She is the president of Michigan Writers and a host with the National Writers Series. She is the immediate past president of the Keeweenaw Storytelling Center. A member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, her column “Adapted in TC” has run in the Traverse City Record Eagle since 2008. Twice, she was awarded the Wayne State University Thomas Rumble Doctoral Fellowship. In 2020, she ran for the Board of Governors for her alma mater, and earned just shy of 100k votes statewide. A psychology professor and counseling psychologist by training and experience, she’s a social justice activist in her community. A Ragdale Fellow in 2017 & 2019, she’s currently working on a nonfiction book.

You can reach her at odgers_s@yahoo.com.