Susan Juby, pictured above with her dog Rodeo, is a YA author based in B.C. (Dave Delgado)
Susan Juby is a Nanaimo, B.C.-based writer who has published books in several genres. Her first novel was the YA book Alice, I Think, the first in a popular series about a lovable oddball teenager named Alice MacLeod. Other books include the memoir Nice Recovery, which chronicles Juby's battle with alcoholism, and Republic of Dirt, winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour.
Juby's most recent book is the YA novel The Fashion Committeeand is set in a competitive arts-focused secondary school.
The Next Chapter15:58Susan Juby and Susin Nielsen on their latest books, and the YA boom
The two YA writers on their new novels (The Truth Commission, by Susan Juby, and We Are All Made of Molecules, by Susin Nielsen).
Susan Juby's column on The Next Chapter
The Next Chapter12:38Susan Juby on three books that explore feminism today
Susan Juby reviews Scaachi Koul's One Day (We'll All Be Dead and None of) This Will Matter, Lauren McKeon's F-Bomb and Caitlin Moran's How to Be a Woman.
The Next Chapter10:58Susan Juby's reviews books on the Opioid crisis and addiction
Susan Juby talks to Shelagh about three books on the Opiod crisis and addiction: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America By Beth Macy, Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari and Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada By Susan C. Boyd.
