New York Times
Bestselling Author

Suzy Spencer is the author of four true crime books – Wasted, which was a New York Times bestseller and Violet Crown Award finalist; Wages of Sin, which was featured on the 2013 season premiere of Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Sins; Breaking Point, the story of Houston mother Andrea Yates, which was a Book of the Month Club, Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild selection; and The Fortune Hunter, which was called “riveting” and “blockbuster” by Globe magazine.

But after nearly 10 years of writing true crime books, Suzy desperately needed to laugh. Writing about sex, she thought, would help her do that. After all, talking about sex had always made her laugh. So in December 2004, Suzy began a journalistic investigation into Americans’ alternative sex habits. The result is her most emotionally challenging book yet — Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality.

Secret Sex Lives, which is Suzy’s first memoir, was featured on Katie Couric’s talk show, Katie; was named a Publishers Weekly fall 2012 pick in the memoir category, as well as a Barnes & Noble editor’s recommendation; and was featured twice at the 2012 Texas Book Festival.

In addition to appearing on Katie, Suzy’s been interviewed on Good Morning America, ABC World News, Primetime, and Dateline NBC; numerous shows on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, and Investigation Discovery; and on Oxygen and the E! Channel.

Suzy has freelanced for ABC News, People magazine, the New York Post, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles magazine, the Texas Observer, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Austin Chronicle.

She holds a Master of Professional Writing and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Baylor University.