12 Facts About Susan Isaacs

Susan Isaacs was born on December 7,1943 and is an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.

Susan Isaacs adapted her debut novel into the film Compromising Positions.

Susan Isaacs was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Helen Asher Isaacs, a homemaker, and Morton Isaacs, an electrical engineer.

Susan Isaacs left work in 1970 to stay at home with her newborn son.

Susan Isaacs's fiction has been translated into thirty different languages.

Susan Isaacs has written a work of cultural criticism, Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women are Really Doing on Page and Screen, and a novella, A Hint of Strangeness.

Susan Isaacs has written about politics, including a series of essays on the 2000 presidential campaign for Newsday.

Susan Isaacs has authored op-eds and articles on feminism, film, and First Amendment issues.

Susan Isaacs wrote and co-produced Touchstone Pictures' Hello Again, a 1987 comedy starring Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, and Judith Ivey.

Susan Isaacs belongs to the Creative Coalition, PEN, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Susan Isaacs is trustee emerita of the Queens College Foundation and was on the board of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Susan Isaacs has worked for Long Island organizations including the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Association, and the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence.