Susan Beth Pfeffer

AmericanScience FictionYoung Adult (YA)Children's BookPost-Apocalyptic Worldb. 1948 — d. 2025

Susan Beth Pfeffer (February 17, 1948 – June 23, 2025) was an American author of more than 70 books for children and young adults. Best known for the post-apocalyptic YA novel Life as We Knew It (2006) and its sequels, her career spanned picture books, middle-grade and young-adult novels, and historical fiction such as the Portraits of Little Women series. She graduated from New York University and lived much of her life in New York State.

Awards

["Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award", 'Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award', 'South Carolina Young Adult Book Award', 'Buxtehude Bull']

Notable Works

['Life as We Knew It', 'The Dead and the Gone', 'This World We Live In', 'The Shade of the Moon', 'Portraits of Little Women series', 'About David', 'The Year Without Michael']