Susan Daitch (born 1954) is an American novelist and short story writer. In 1996 David Foster Wallace called her "one of the most intelligent and attentive writers at work in the U.S. today."

Early life and education

Susan Daitch was born in New Haven, Connecticut, 1954. She graduated from Barnard College and attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Career

She is the author of six novels and a collection of short stories. Her work has appeared in Guernica, Bomb, Pacific Review, The Barcelona Review, Fault Magazine, Rain Taxi, Tablet, Tin House, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Fiction, and elsewhere. Her novel Siege of Comedians was listed as one of the best books of 2021 in The Wall Street Journal. She taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She teaches at Hunter College. A 2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, she is a supporter of Women for Afghan Women.