Born: 31-Oct-1955
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Orchid Thief

Husband: Peter Sistrom (m. 4-Jun-1983, div.)
Husband: John Gillespie (m. 2001)

    University: University of Michigan

    The New Yorker Staff Writer (1992-)
    The Boston Phoenix Staff Writer

Official Website:
http://www.susanorlean.com/

Author of books:
Saturday Night (1990)
The Orchid Thief (1998, biography)
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People (2001, articles)
My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere (2004, articles)
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (2011)

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