About Susannah Q. Pratt
Susannah Pratt is the author of, More or Less: Essays from a Year of No Buying (EastOver Press, February 2022). More or Less, Pratt’s debut collection, reflects on the challenges of raising a family in a consumer society, and seeks to understand the degree to which we are defined or confined by what we own. The book won the 2021 EastOver Prize for Nonfiction.
Pratt’s writing has appeared in a variety of print and online publications including Literary Mama, Essay Daily, The Mindful Word, Motherwell, The Week and bioStories, among others. She has also served as a regular contributor to The Waking, the blog at Ruminate Magazine.
Pratt has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Chicago, but her writerly roots can be traced to her degree in English Literature from Colgate University, and even more deeply to taking first place the Young Authors contest in second grade. Pratt, her husband, three sons, two dogs and a tortoise make their home – still full of too much stuff – in Evanston, IL.