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Susan McGuirk
Susan McGuirk posts about heroines of historical fiction books on her blog “The Storied Sisters Society,” on Bluesky and on her website, www.susanmcguirk.com. Her debut novel, Dear Missing Friend, from Sea Crow Press, has been longlisted for the Goethe Award for Historical Fiction. She worked at Anthology Film Archives, a historical film museum, where she received its Film Preservation Award and serves on the Board of Advisors. While working for several years in HBO film programming, Susan honed her writing skills, composing hundreds of in-house reviews.
During her years leading a media mentoring program at City College of New York, Susan served on the board of the Humanities and Arts division and accepted the President’s Award. She earned a BA and MA in Media Studies from the New School, where she was elected to the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. Susan lives with her husband in New York City.
Books Susan by McGuirk
Dear Missing Friend
by Susan McGuirk
Three hearts. Countless letters. One impossible choice.
Through letters exchanged across oceans and Manhattan streets, Irish immigrant Catherine McGuirk navigates love, ambition, and heartbreak. Torn between her seafaring husband, the suitor she once refused, and her own dreams, Catherine’s fate unfolds in an intimate, epistolary saga of passion, resilience, and 19th-century life.
“McGuirk creates a powerful foundation for a story that embraces many elements, from history to mystery, using Catherine’s strengths and character to bring this era to life.”
― Midwest Book Review
“Fans of historical novels will find much to like in McGuirk’s debut. An ambitious work of historical fiction.”
—Kirkus Review ― Kirkus Review
“In Susan McGuirk’s epistolary novel Dear Missing Friend, letters go where the heart is meant to travel, enabling a kind of freedom that feels unattainable in daily life.”
― Foreword Reviews
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