Suzanne Hartmann
BIO
Biography

Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann is a Toronto-based editor and writer, with a master of fine arts in creative nonfiction from University of King’s College. She began her career in television and moved to print, which evolved into digital media. 

She is the author of "My Father's Nose" (KDP, 2016), a children’s picture book, and the hybrid memoir "The Nail That Sticks Out: Reflections on the Postwar Japanese Canadian Community" (Dundurn Press, 2024). Her writing reflects her roots as a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian with German ancestry and explores meaningful coincidences, cultural memories and identity.

 

ADDRESS
City: YORK, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Nail That Sticks Out: Reflections on the Postwar Japanese Canadian Community
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2024
Title
My Father's Nose
Publisher
KDP
Year
2016
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