Susan Wheeler
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Susan Wheeler (1955-) is an educator and poet. She currently teaches creative writing at Princeton University.
Her published works include: Bag o' Diamonds (poetry), University of Georgia Press, 1993; Smokes (poetry), Four Way Books, 1998; Source Codes, Salt, 2001; Record Palace (novel), 2005.
"Bag o' Diamonds" has received two literary awards: Norma Farber First Book Award from Poetry Society of America, 1994; and Pushcart Prize, 1994, 2000. Wheeler has also received the following awards: Grolier award for poetry, 1987; Prize for Poetry, Roberts Foundation, 1988; Vermont Council of the Arts grantee, 1878-79; Fund for Poetry grantee, 1990; New York Foundation for the Arts fellow, 1993-95, 1997-99; and Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1999.
