Suzanne Scott Tomita

Suzanne Scott Tomita is a Canadian published novelist and essayist, with works including personal essays on the topic of motherhood, mid-life, and marriage, published in Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail. Suzanne has a PhD in Education from The University of British Columbia. In 2014, Suzanne completed The Writer’s Studio (TWS) Creative Writing Certificate at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, where she studied with writers Kevin Chong and Wayde Compton. At TWS, she wrote the beginnings of her debut novel, Until Even the Angels, published with Penguin Random House SEA. Suzanne completed an advanced fiction course with author Claire Keegan in 2023 at the Asia Creative Writing Programme, a collaboration between the National Arts Council of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. When she’s not reading or writing, Suzanne walks Singapore’s nature parks and visits museums, imagining characters for her next novel. She lives in Singapore with her family.

Suzanne Scott Tomita adalah novelis dan esais asal Kanada yang telah menerbitkan berbagai karya, termasuk esai-esai personal seputar keibuan, kehidupan paruh baya, dan pernikahan, yang dimuat di surat kabar nasional The Globe and Mail. Ia meraih gelar PhD di bidang Pendidikan dari The University of British Columbia. Pada tahun 2014, Suzanne menyelesaikan program Sertifikat Penulisan Kreatif The Writer’s Studio (TWS) di Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Kanada, di mana ia belajar bersama penulis Kevin Chong dan Wayde Compton. Di TWS inilah ia mulai menulis novel debutnya, Until Even the Angels, yang kemudian diterbitkan oleh Penguin Random House SEA. Pada tahun 2023, ia mengikuti kursus fiksi lanjutan bersama penulis Claire Keegan melalui Asia Creative Writing Programme, kolaborasi antara National Arts Council of Singapore dan Nanyang Technological University. Di luar aktivitas membaca dan menulis, Suzanne senang menjelajahi taman-taman alam di Singapura dan mengunjungi museum. Aktivitas tersebut kerap menginspirasinya dalam membayangkan karakter-karakter untuk novel berikutnya. Saat ini, ia tinggal di Singapura bersama keluarganya.