15 Facts About Susan Cain

Susan Horowitz Cain was born on 1968 and is an American writer and lecturer.

Susan Cain is the author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people.

Susan Cain left her careers in corporate law and consulting for a quieter life of writing at home with her family, likening her years as a Wall Street lawyer to "time spent in a foreign country".

Susan Cain explained that if she were not a writer she would want to be a research psychologist.

Susan Cain eventually realized that the concepts of introversion and extroversion provided the "language for talking about questions of identity" that had been lacking.

Susan Cain explained that in writing Quiet she was fueled by the passion and indignation that she imagined fueled the 1963 feminist book, The Feminine Mystique.

Susan Cain said she was interested in working with parents and teachers of introverted children and to re-shape workplace culture and design, and in particular replace what she terms "The New Groupthink" with an environment more conducive to deep thought and solo reflection.

Susan Cain, a self-described introvert, had grappled with her own introversion as a Wall Street attorney before writing Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.

Susan Cain wrote that her year of preparation before her February 2012 TED talk had unfolded in "three stages of accelerating dread", so she joined Toastmasters and scheduled a two-hour crash course with TED's speaking coach.

Three months after the talk, Susan Cain confirmed her April 2011 prediction that the ensuing year would be her Year of Speaking Dangerously, writing that she had metamorphosed into what she termed an "impossibly oxymoronic creature: the Public Introvert".

Chris Weller quipped in Business Insider that Susan Cain had become "the patron saint of introverts".

Susan Cain spoke at leadership, management, training and education conferences throughout the US and internationally.

In 2016, Susan Cain co-authored Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, which focused on introverted children and teens, the book directed to their educators and parents.

On March 31,2020, Susan Cain published Quiet Journal: Discover Your Secret Strengths and Unleash Your Inner Power, a journal with a first section directed to self-assessment, and a second section for applying that self-knowledge and prompting action.

Susan Cain's third TED talk, "The hidden power of sad songs and rainy days", preceded her April 5,2022 book, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole.