Susan Volchok has published widely in journals and anthologies ranging from the Virginia Quarterly and the Kenyon Review to Best American Erotica; in mainstream magazines and newspapers including the New York Times; and online at n+1, Pangyrus, The Common, and The Literary Bohemian, among other sites.
She has spent most of her adult life on the Upper West Side. She is a third dan in Shotokan karate, and a lifelong musician, playing flute, piano, hand drums/percussion, and (most recently) cello.