Susan was born and raised in Los Angeles and for more than 25 years owned Salenger Films, which produced corporate training and development films and distributed them around the world, with her husband. She wrote the scripts and the workbooks that accompanied the films. Once her children had grown up, and she had some time for herself, Susan took some anthropology classes at UCLA. Her final project for one of those classes was a study of women who had undergone hysterectomies; that study was the catalyst for her book, Sidelined, How Women Manage and Mismanage Their Health. Her research reveals how conflicted many women are about the medical decisions they ultimately make. Today, Susan lives in Northern California to be near her family, which includes two daughters, four grandchildren, a cat named Max, and a dog named JD (Salenger). When she is not speaking about her book or spending time with family and friends, you will find Susan power lifting to stay in shape.