Sue Harrison was raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and lives in Pickford with her husband Neil, a retired high school principal. They have two daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, and a spoiled schnauzer.A graduate of Pickford High School and Lake Superior State University, Harrison was named an LSSU Distinguished Alumna and served eight years on the University's Board of Regents. Harrison has written six critically acclaimed and bestselling novels set in ancient Alaska. The first, Mother Earth Father Sky, is a Publishers Weekly national bestseller, an Amazon number one bestseller, and was selected as an American Library Association 1991 Best Book for Young Adults. Her other Alaska novels include "My Sister the Moon", "Brother Wind", "Song of the River", "Cry of the Wind" and "Call Down the Stars". She has also written Sisu, a National Advanced Readers Book, and "The Midwife's Touch", which was selected as a semi-finalist in the Society of Midland Authors' 2023 national literary awards adult fiction competition. It was also an Amazon top ten bestseller and named a 2024 Upper Peninsula Notable Book. Harrison's novels have sold more than two million copies and have been published in more than twenty-five countries and in thirteen languages. They have achieved bestseller status in the United States, Germany, Scandinavia, Spain, and Japan.Her work has been anthologized by Wayne State University Press, Michigan State University Press, and Northwest Books. In 2023, she was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Literary Hall of Fame. Sue Harrison would love to have you join her on her FaceBook page, "Sue Harrison Author", to help her with plot points and research as she writes her novels.
