Susan Choi

Susan Choi is a Professor in the Department of Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. She is renowned for her literary contributions, including Trust Exercise, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction. Her work spans fiction writing, narrative literature, and themes in contemporary and Asian-American literature.

Choi has been honored with prestigious awards such as the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award and the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. She also holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Beyond academia, she serves as a trustee of PEN America and on the Writing Committee of the Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown.

Her research interests focus on exploring complex human experiences through innovative narrative structures and cultural themes. While her articles are not listed here, her novels reflect a deep engagement with literary experimentation and societal issues.