Susan Pohlman is the founder and director of The Phoenix Writers Network, a freelance writer, editor, and writing instructor/coach. She is a frequent presenter at workshops and conferences. Her essays have been published in a variety of print and online publications including: The Washington Times, Tiferet Journal, Raising Arizona Kids, Guideposts Magazine, Homelife Magazine and The Sunlight Press.
 
She is the author of Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought our Family Home (Guideposts 2009). It was the winner of the Relationships category and runner-up in the Memoir category in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Inspy Awards.  

Susan's work has also been featured in Dream of Venice by JoAnn Locktov (Bella Figura Publications, 2014) and Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays: The Essential Guide to Getting Your Work Published by Windy Lynn Harris (Writer's Digest Books, September 2017).

She has written six short films. The Misadventures of Matilda Mench won best screenplay in the 2010 Baltimore 48 Hour Film Project and the 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award for best Independent Fiction Short. The Pen won best screenplay in the 2011 Baltimore 48.