About

Susan Fletcher has written twelve novels for kids and young adults, including Shadow Spinner, Alphabet of Dreams, the Dragon Chronicles, and Journey of the Pale Bear. She has also written two picture books, A Bear Far from Home and Dadblamed Union Army Cow. Her new novel, Sea Change, will come out from Abrams in June 2025. Her books have been translated into nine languages and include a Golden Kite Honor as well as recognition by the American Library Association’s Notable Books and Best Books for Young Adults, BCCB Blue Ribbon Books, and School Library Journal’s Best Books. Susan taught for many years in the M.F.A. in Writing for Children program at Vermont College. She lives in Bryan, Texas.

Featured Work

Sea Change

Coming in fall of 2025

SEA CHANGE is a loose retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" set in the future--a YA science fiction love story about a gill-breathing girl who changes herself so that she can be with the "normal" guy she adores. It's about love, of course, but it's also about who is and is not "normal"; about inclusion and exclusion; and about the ties of family--genetic and acquired. On another level, it raises questions about the rapid advances in human gene-editing technologies, with which, during the lifetimes of today's young readers, people will be transformed in ways we can hardly imagine now.

Other Works

  • A Bear Far from Home

    2022

  • Journey of the Pale Bear

    2018

  • Falcon in the Glass

    2013

  • Ancient, Strange and Lovely

    2010

  • Dadblamed Union Army Cow

    2007

  • Alphabet of Dreams

    2006

  • Walk Across the Sea

    2001

  • Shadow Spinner

    1998

  • Sign of the Dove

    1996

  • Flight of the Dragon Ken

    1993

  • The Stuttgart Nanny Mafia

    1991

  • Dragon's Milk

    1989

  • The Haunting Possibility

    1988