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The Madness of a Seduced Woman Simon and Schuster has just relaunched The Madness of a Seduced Woman in England. The cover is almost the same as the British cover used twenty-five years ago and it is strange to see it materializing again. Madness is a book of the week for WH Smith and is also being featured by Waterstones. It is available through amazon.co.uk When it was originally published, Madness was a best seller in the U.S., Great Britain, Sweden and France. Order it now from amazon.co.uk. ~Susan

	Poison (2006) "The death of flamboyant writer and womanizer Peter Grosvenor sets in motion a series of spiraling events surrounding his legacy and his estate. His bitter third wife, his two children, his sister, his friends, and his would-be biographers are drawn into a maelstrom of intense memories and painful encounters as each of the major players in Peter's life seeks to appropriate Peter's estate for his or her own purposes. As a complex story of passion, jealousy, and loss unfolds, the figures that had once blossomed in Peter's presence spin off into their own orbits and turn against one another without the anchor of his charismatic presence. Ultimately, the tragedy and scandal that marred his life cannot be ended even by his death. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer writes with exquisite flavor and measure; character, history, and relationships build into a large, minutely detailed canvas and remind us why she is a master of the epic novel." Get it at amazon.com.

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Susan Fromberg Schaeffer on the writing of The Snow Fox.

Susan Fromberg Schaeffer won Prairie Schooner's poetry award for three poems, one of which is "Edith Levine."

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Recent Poems:
Bread
Ceremony for the Lost Ones
Gold
Gifts
In Dreams
I Will Sink
The Leavetaking
Noon
The Tree
The Second Tree
Small
The Vine

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The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat

cover of the Dutch edition

Meet the author:
An Interview with Foudini M. Cat

Grace the Cat is not at all like me, as she is forever bent on mischief. But because I am an older and wiser cat, she looks to me for counsel, and so I have allowed Grace to prevail upon me to set down the story of my life as a housecat in the human world....

—Foudini M. Cat

"A wonderful story...Endowed with much love, wisdom and joy...This is one of those delightful books that one treasures, one gives to loved ones, and one reads to children and friends...Warm, witty, endearing."
The Ellenville Press

The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat has just been published in translation in Japan by Shinchosha Press, and a Chinese translation is coming soon!

"Charming and witty, Foudini tells his story with dazzling feline flair. He would make an excellent travelling companion."
NORTON, The Cat Who Went to Paris

As the irrepressible Foudini M. Cat regales us with his adventures, an exciting story unfolds. After his valiant but frail mother leaves him in search for food and never returns, the starving kitten is taken to a frightening room with cages and men in white coats. Facing the specter of eternal sleep, the homeless cat is adopted by a woman he later calls "Warm."

"Delightful...Foudini's story is poignant....Schaeffer's book charms with its richly imagined details....A surprising change of pace."
San Francisco Chronicle

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Foudini to the one you love