A native New Yorker, Susan Alexander lives in Luxembourg, where she writes and undertakes research on public policy and the social sciences. She has had a non-linear career path that includes being a professional musician, an ordained Protestant clergyman, a vice president in charge of derivative, fixed income and international market research on Wall Street, the head of a web site and Internet application development company, and the founder of her own independent research firm. She has degrees from Wellesley College, Princeton Seminary, and, in 2018, a PhD in Organizationl Systems.

Susan writes about women who have led complex and interesting lives, their relationships, and the choices they have made. It frequently happens that there is some murder and mayhem involved as well.