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Learn More About Author Extraordinaire Susan Fales-Hill

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SUSAN FALES  was born in Rome, Italy in 1962, and raised in New York City. She graduated from the Lycee Francais de New York in 1980 (Baccalaureat, Academie de Caen). In June of 1985, she graduated with honors from Harvard College with a degree in History and Literature (original class affiliation: 1984.) Her thesis, a comparative study of the poetry of Mallarme and that of Martinican dramatist Aime Cesaire, is in the Harvard archive. She began her writing career as an apprentice on the original "Cosby Show" (starring Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad). After two years on staff, she was transferred to the show’s spin-off, "A Different World" (starring Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Sinbad) as a Story Editor. Three years later, in 1990, she became Co-Executive Producer/Head Writer. Under Susan's stewardship, "A Different World" was nominated for the prestigious Humanitas Award. The episode she wrote on AIDS, "If I Should Die Before I Wake,&q