Susan Tepper grew up on Long Island where both her current books take place. What May Have Been: Letters of Jackson Pollock & Dori G is set in The Hamptons, home of the artist Jackson Pollock. In Tepper's collection Deer & Other Stories, most of the stories are set on Long Island, or have a strong connection to The Island.

Before settling down to study writing, Tepper was an actor, flight attendant, marketing manager, tour guide, singer, television producer, interior decorator, rescue worker and more.

She has published well over 100 stories, poems, essays and interviews in journals worldwide. She writes a bi-monthly interview column called MONDAY CHAT on the Fictionaut blog, as well as the advice column "Madame Tishka Advises on Love & Other Storms" at Thunderclap Press. Tepper curates the reading series FIZZ at KGB Bar in New York City, and has received six nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Deer, the title story of her collection, was nominated for NPR Selected Shorts.

Currently she is seeking a publisher for her funky new road novel, Where You Can Find It. She's also writing another new novel.