Susan Kirkland is a novelist and award-winning journalist whose feature stories have been carried
by newspapers nationwide. Born to parents who were avid readers and a father who served in the
Air Force, she decided at age five become both a soldier and a writer. She enlisted in the Georgia
Army National Guard at age 19 while attending North Georgia College and State University, the
senior military college of Georgia. In her 10-year military career, she has served as a photojounalist
as well as a broadcast journalist, covering the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and travelling to Italy
to serve.
Her college career started out as a curious endeavor after reading Pat Conroy’s “The Lords of
Discipline.” What she found it the halls of NGCSU was a fascinating culture of youthful idealism
mixed with the reality of war during the post-Desert Storm period. She wanted to capture the
spirit and strength she discovered in that unique and peculiar world of military colleges.
After graduating with a degree in English, she pursued a career in journalism, eventually finding
herself at the Rome News-Tribune in Rome, Georgia. She rededicated her life to Christ in 1997 and
in 2005 felt the Lord direct her to use her talents for Him.
Susan currently works for the Calhoun Times in Gordon County as the government writer. When
she is not writing, she spends time with her husband, George, of 11 years and their five children.
by newspapers nationwide. Born to parents who were avid readers and a father who served in the
Air Force, she decided at age five become both a soldier and a writer. She enlisted in the Georgia
Army National Guard at age 19 while attending North Georgia College and State University, the
senior military college of Georgia. In her 10-year military career, she has served as a photojounalist
as well as a broadcast journalist, covering the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and travelling to Italy
to serve.
Her college career started out as a curious endeavor after reading Pat Conroy’s “The Lords of
Discipline.” What she found it the halls of NGCSU was a fascinating culture of youthful idealism
mixed with the reality of war during the post-Desert Storm period. She wanted to capture the
spirit and strength she discovered in that unique and peculiar world of military colleges.
After graduating with a degree in English, she pursued a career in journalism, eventually finding
herself at the Rome News-Tribune in Rome, Georgia. She rededicated her life to Christ in 1997 and
in 2005 felt the Lord direct her to use her talents for Him.
Susan currently works for the Calhoun Times in Gordon County as the government writer. When
she is not writing, she spends time with her husband, George, of 11 years and their five children.
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