Susan DeFreitas
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| notable_works = Hot Season (2016)
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Susan DeFreitas was an author who was born in Hart, Michigan to an American mother and a Guyanese father. DeFreitas held an MFA from Pacific University.
Life and career
DeFreitas recounted growing up in Michigan while spending her summers in the Caribbean and South Florida.{{Cite web|url=http://susandefreitas.com/about-2/|title=About|date=2016-06-21|website=Susan DeFreitas|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}} She stated that her ability as a storyteller stemmed from her experiences traveling -- and was influenced by her Guyanese grandparents as well as her maternal grandmother. Her fiction writing was also influenced by the Arizona high country, where she met and travelled with a caravan of circus performers.
DeFreitas held an MFA from Pacific University and resided in Portland, Oregon and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her 2016 novel Hot Season won the 2017 Gold IPPY Award for Best Fiction of the Mountain West.{{Cite web|url=https://literary-arts.org/bio/susan-defreitas/|title=Susan DeFreitas Bio|website=Literary Arts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}} In addition to writing DeFreitas also worked as a freelance editor and book coach, helping numerous writers actualize their projects.{{Cite web|url=https://litreactor.com/team/susan-defreitas|title=Susan DeFreitas|website=LitReactor|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}} DeFreitas specialized in literary fiction, speculative fiction, poetry, and memoirs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.authoraccelerator.com/susandefreitas|title=Coach Spotlight: Susan DeFreitas|website=Author Accelerator|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}} She has been influenced by writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Toni Morrison, and Kelly Link.
DeFreitas died from complications of cancer in February 2025.
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