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ⓘ About Susan Isaacs
A screenwriter and essayist, Susan Isaacs is the daughter of Helen Asher Isaacs and Morton Isaacs. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Isaacs attended Queens College where she majored in English. After leaving Queens College, Isaacs spent some time working at Seventeen Magazine, balancing her duties as senior editor at the magazine with her work as a freelance political speechwriter. In 1968, Susan Isaacs married a lawyer named Elkan Abramowitz, eventually leaving her job and choosing to stay at home in order to raise Andrew, their newborn child. The couple, later on, added a daughter to their family. In the years she spent caring for her children, Susan found the time to freelance, writing numerous speeches and magazine articles. Susan’s first novel was Compromising Positions’.
All Book Series by Susan Isaacs
Intellectual Growth in Young Children
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1972
Developments in Psychoanalysis
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018 Co-authored · Melanie Klein,Joan Riviere,Paula Heimann
Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2000
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2003
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Susan Isaacs?
A screenwriter and essayist, Susan Isaacs is the daughter of Helen Asher Isaacs and Morton Isaacs. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Isaacs attended Queens College where she majored in English. After leaving Queens College, Isaacs spent some time working at Seventeen Magazine, balancing her duties as senior editor at the magazine with her work as a freelance political speechwriter.
Which Susan Isaacs series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Judith Singer series, the earliest of Susan Isaacs's multi-book series: it opens with Compromising Positions (1978) and runs to 3 books across 1978–2013, ending with Compliments of a Friend (2013).
How many books has Susan Isaacs written?
Susan Isaacs has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1972 and 2023. 5 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Judith Singer series with 3 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Susan Isaacs's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Susan Isaacs's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Judith Singer (1978–2013, 3 books) and Corie Geller (2019–2023, 2 books).
How are Susan Isaacs's books organised into series?
This guide splits Susan Isaacs's 22 books into 2 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Judith Singer (3 books, 1978–2013); Corie Geller (2 books, 2019–2023).