Susan SweeneySusan Sweeney holds an M.A. in Professional Theater from New York University and pursued Victorian Studies at Oxford University, also spending a semester at Cork University in Ireland. With thirty-two years of experience as an English teacher specialzing in British and Irish literature, she has cultivated a lifelong passion for storytelling rooted in history and culture.
Susan's first novel, "Molly Campbell A Molly Maguire Legend," is inspired by the events of the real-life Molly Maguires and Susan's own personal connection to one of the novel's figures--James Sweeney. That bond has shaped a uniquely personal perspective on the world of the Molly Maguires and the turbulent history of Pennsylvania's coal region. Read More Read Less