Susan Weiss­bach (Fried­man), LCSW, is a psy­chother­a­pist with a spe­cial­ty in women’s issues, fam­i­ly ther­a­py, and trau­ma-focused ther­a­py. A grad­u­ate of Hamil­ton Col­lege, Boston University’s MSW/MPH pro­gram, and the Ack­er­man Insti­tute for the Fam­i­ly, she is also EMDRIA cer­ti­fied and a Somat­ic Expe­ri­enc­ing Prac­ti­tion­er (SEP). She has been in prac­tice for more than twen­ty-five years. Klara’s Truth is her debut nov­el. Susan has been mar­ried to her hus­band for over thir­ty years and has two daugh­ters in their twenties.