Susan Lucile McCarthy

Who am I?

 

 

 

An early photo of me dressed up as a 1970’s Heidi taken by my mother at our Houston home. Yes, you’re calculating my age precisely. I’m old in years. I’m a prime example that it’s never too late. I’ve always written, but didn’t train myself as a fiction writer until three years ago.

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I surprisingly have no recollection what play I acted in for that photo. I performed in every school play, one-act contests, and drama tournaments in high school. My performance genres were drama, comedy, and poetry. I read a lot of plays and fiction to prepare for the high school contest tours. American southern writers and one British writer were my choice authors: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck, and Daphne du Maurier.

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I won first place at University of Houston with my presentation of T. Williams’ Death of a Salesman. My favorite southern writer, Carson McCullers, was my longest running tournament entry for her play Member of the Wedding. As hard as I tried, I never won anything for McCullers’ mastery.

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I received my Bachelors of Arts with a minor in Psychology (Animal Behavior was my specialty). With an additional two years, I received an elementary teaching certification. I taught third and fourth grades for two years. I had a son from a previous marriage, then got married again, and had two more children.