Susan Maushart

{{short description|American journalist}}

Susan Maushart (born 1958) is an American author, journalist and feminist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/extracts/story/0,6761,625680,00.html|title=Wifework by Susan Maushart | Extracts | guardian.co.uk Books|website=TheGuardian.com }} She lived in Perth, Western Australia, for over 20 years and now lives in New York City.{{cite web |url= http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/2012_lectures/susan-maushart |title=Public Lecture by Susan Maushart > Institute of Advanced Studies: The University of Western Australia |first= |last= |work=ias.uwa.edu.au |year=2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}

Maushart's journalistic career in Australia varied between working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/09/05/3583605.htm | title=Who are you? Susan Maushart - ABC Perth - Australian Broadcasting Corporation | work=abc.net.au | accessdate=6 March 2016 | year=2016}} and regular columns in the Weekend Australian.{{Cite web|url=http://susanmaushart.com/?page_id=4|title = Susan maushart media}}

Maushart is also known for her ABC Radio series, StoryCatcher.

Her books have covered wide-ranging topics from historical, to issues related to motherhood and marriage to that of teenagers interacting with modern media.

Her book Moore River Native Settlement won the Adelaide Festival Non-fiction Award in 1994.{{cite web |url= http://www.literaryfestivals.co.uk/bookawards/australia/adelaidefestival.html |title=Adelaide Festival Literary Awards. Winners. Shortlists. |first= |last=|work=literaryfestivals.co.uk |year=2016 |accessdate=6 March 2016}} and was short listed, in the Western Australian Premier's Book Award, 1994.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120326020712/http://fremantlepress.com.au/books/990 Fremantle Press : Books : Sort of a Place Like Home by Susan Maushart]

Her book The Winter of Our Disconnect, published in 2010, chronicles her family's experiment in disconnecting from technology.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} The book details her realization of technology's presence in her household and her execution of dealing with it, while documenting her challenges and frustrations along the way.{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/susan-maushart/winter-our-disconnect/|title=THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONNECT by Susan Maushart {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}} She banned screens from her house for six months and in the end had the results she wanted. The Daily Telegraph said this story "is a channel to a wider view into the impact of new media on the lives of families, into the very heart of the meaning of home."{{cite web |url= http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/the-winter-of-their-disconnect-how-susan-maushart-and-her-family-lived-without-technology-for-six-months/story-e6frf00i-1225866993954 |title=The winter of their disconnect - how Susan Maushart and her family lived without technology for six months {{pipe}} dailytelegraph.com.au |first= |last= |work=dailytelegraph.com.au |year=2016 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}