Susan Vaught


Susan Vaught is an American author and neuropsychologist.
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Biography

Vaught received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Science from Vanderbilt University. In 1991, she graduated from Vanderbilt with a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Research. Since graduation, she has worked as a neuropsychologist, including serving as the Director of Neuropsychology and the Clinical Director for a hospital in Tennessee.
Vaught is autistic. She presently lives in Kentucky with her wife.

Awards and honors

In 1996, Vaught received the SEAAMR Richard B. Dillard Award For Research In The Field Of Developmental Disabilities.
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy, Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge, and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse '', are Junior Library Guild selections. Bank Street College of Education named Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy one of the "Best Children’s Books of 2016." Trigger received a starred review from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly. Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse received a starred review from Booklist. Publishers Weekly named it one of the best books published in the summer of 2019. Together We Grow received starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2005StormwitchAndre Norton AwardNominee
2005StormwitchCarl Brandon Kindred AwardNominee
2006StormwitchALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection
2007Big Fat ManifestoSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNominee
2007TriggerALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection
2009Big Fat ManifestoAmelia Bloomer Book ListSelection
2009TriggerSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNominee
2009TriggerRhode Island Teen Book AwardNominee
2010Big Fat ManifestoPopular Paperbacks for Young AdultsSelection
2012Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der JugendjuryNominee
2015Footer Davis Probably Is CrazyCybil Award for Middle Grade FictionNominee
2016Footer Davis Probably Is CrazyEdgar Award for Best JuvenileWinner
2017Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying SorryEdgar Award for Best JuvenileNominee
2019Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying SorryTruman Readers AwardNominee
2020Me and Sam-Sam Handle the ApocalypseEdgar Award for Best JuvenileWinner
2020Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge''South Carolina Book Award for Junior BookNominee

Publications

Children's

Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse Together We Grow, illustrated by Kelly Murphy

Young adult

Fat Tuesday Stormwitch Trigger Big Fat Manifesto Exposed Assassin's Apprentice Going Underground Freaks Like Us
  • ''Insanity''

L.O.S.T. series

The L.O.S.T. series was co-written with R. S. Collins and Debbie Federici.
  1. L.O.S.T.
  2. Shadowqueen
  3. ''Witch Circle''