universities studio and directed creative writing programs for incarcerated youth and at a federal prison for women outside of phoenix. she has also raised her family here. as a matter of fact her daughter was once a junior staffer in our kids section. she was the darling of the kids not only for her love of looks but also for her personal winning smile much like her mother s. so you can see susan and her family have been one of our regular patrons and readers for many years now and one of our dearest friends. so for many years we have known about the book she has been working on diligently quietly. the topic is so big and important yet sensitive and heavy hearted and off that it had not been properly dealt with until now upon the 70th year anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on sunday. the story had been untold. in nagasaki life after nuclear war susan southard takes readers from the bombing to today five survivors all of whom were teenagers at the time of the bom