Susan Meissner is a former managing editor of a weekly newspaper and an award-winning columnist. She is the award-winning author of The Nature of Fragile Things, The Last Year of the War, As Bright as Heaven, A Bridge Across the Ocean, Secrets of a Charmed Life, A Fall of Marigolds, and Stars over Sunset Boulevard, among other novels.
Praise for Susan Meissner's A Map to Paradise: “A beautiful journey that explores the price of choices made in the heat of the moment, the importance of second chances, and the power of finding a place to belong.” – Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends "" A tale both tender and touching, about three complex and damaged women who despite their outward differences are all searching for that elusive thing called a home."" – Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Briar Club