Susan Emshwiller wears several hats, sometimes many at the same time: filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, director, novelist, actress, artist, improvisational carpenter. She is a produced screenwriter including co-writer of the film Pollock. Her writing can be found in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, Independent Ink Magazine, Black Heart Magazine, Gone Lawn, Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, and Anchala Studios Flash Fiction. Susan was a set decorator for many years in Hollywood and a featured actress in Robert Altman's The Player. Her feature film, In the Land of Milk and Money, a wild social satire, garnered awards and rave reviews at festivals in the US and internationally. She has taught screenwriting at North Carolina State University, OLLI at Duke, the Met Theatre in Los Angeles, and in conferences and festivals around the country. Susan lives with her husband, dogs, and chickens in Santa Fe, N.M. where she enjoys inventing stories and backyard contraptions.