Susan Dean Elzey grew up as an Army brat, living all over the world, but found her home in Danville, Virginia, when she was 15. Soon after, she fell in love with poetry and writing. She raised seven children in Danville, her oldest daughter handicapped with cerebral palsy, which influences every moment of her life. Returning to school after 17 years, she earned a degree in English and journalism and then a master’s degree in literature. Along the way, she published three LDS novels. In a blended family, she and her husband, David, have nine children and, so far, 12 grandchildren. She works as a freelance writer and reporter while she waits for her children and grandchildren to visit and bring her joy.She is the author of A Chance for Sarah and also You’re a Rock, Sister Lewis and True Rings the Heart under the name of Susan Smallwood.
