Susan Rubin Suleiman had a long and dis­tin­guished career as a pro­fes­sor of French and com­par­a­tive lit­er­a­ture at Har­vard. Her books include The Némirovsky Ques­tion (2016), Crises of Mem­o­ry and the Sec­ond World War (2006), and Budapest Diary (1996). She has won many hon­ors, includ­ing France’s high­est, the Légion d’Hon­neur. A moth­er and grand­moth­er, she lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.