Sue Repko's essays have been named notable in The Best American Essays three times, and her essay, "What A Bullet Can Do," won the 2019 Maine Literary Award for Short Nonfiction. She recently completed a memoir about her father and a shooting from her childhood that left a neighbor dead. She is represented by Gail Hochman of Brandt and Hochman.

Her work has appeared in Hazlitt, Aquifer/The Florida Review Online, Hippocampus, Brevity Blog, The MacGuffin, The Southeast Review, The Common Online, Literal Latte, The Gettysburg Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Bryant Literary Review, the Princeton Alumni Weekly, and elsewhere.

Sue is an editor and writing coach as well as a volunteer gun violence prevention advocate with Moms Demand Action in New Jersey. She has a degree in psychology from Princeton University and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers University; she is a licensed professional planner in the state of New Jersey and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She received her MFA from Bennington College.