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I’m Susan Brady Burd, librarian and writer. My debut novel, The Doctoress, is going to be published in summer 2026 by Historium Press! Please check back for news about when and where you can buy a copy of the book.

The Doctoress by Susan Brady Burd

Dr. Clemence Lozier, one of the very first women to earn a medical degree, and her daughter-in-law Charlotte, a doctor too, are amongst the first generation of women trying to ‘have it all.’ But post-Civil War New York is no Gilded Age for working women, and having such big dreams, at a time when women didn’t even have the right to vote, will prove to be a more dangerous choice than either of these two women could have imagined. 

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Librarian and writer of historical fiction 📚✍️
Debut novel The Doctoress coming summer 2026
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The best kinds of novels force the reader to choos The best kinds of novels force the reader to choose between the need to rush through the story to see how it all turns out while also experiencing a tugging feeling to slow down and savor the text because you know you’re reading something special, one of those rare books that stay with you long after you finish. This is one of those books!

I was so excited when @netgalley allowed me early access to @chloekbenjamin Under Story as her previous novel was one that I pressed into countless people’s hands, urging them to read. It’s a book that asks big questions. Under Story asks even bigger ones. 

After a chance comment from her mother, Laurel decides to leave home and her job as a mycologist, to work in a galley kitchen in Antarctica. She’s looking for an escape, but all the readers knows is that she's recently divorced, though there are hints throughout the text that this is not the extent of her grief. Before we learn her secrets, we get to know Laurel better as the story travels between the present and her life growing up in Wisconsin. 

What interests her about Antarctica is the appearance of the Arc, a mysterious dome of blue-green light over the ice that turns pink in the sunlight. After the scientists studying it come up short, a group of physicists are summoned. Laurel’s ex-husband Eli is among them. He has a theory of the Duoverse, where antimatter rules and everything is its polar opposite. It’s a world where time moves backward, history becomes the future, and people age in reverse. Laurel believes the Arc may be some kind of portal. If she can get to this other universe she might be able to undo the mistakes she’s made in this one.

Nothing in this other world should make sense, yet it does, when the characters, and the readers themselves, learn to look at the world using a different lens. “The Duoverse gave Laurel a second story, after she thought that there was only one.” A profoundly moving story about love & loss that forces the reader to contemplate their own place in time. Buy this one as soon as it comes out!

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When your writing group not only understands the j When your writing group not only understands the jaw-dropping moment you were going for in your work, but they actually illustrate it for you.
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Maybe it was the continuing grey skies, but March Maybe it was the continuing grey skies, but March felt like a bit of a reading rut, despite the number of books read. The only standout was the Newbery Award winning All the Blues in the Sky which was remarkable. When I'm in a reading slump, I usually turn to nonfiction, or a classic, or I reread an old favorite (Blue Nights). Hopefully April will be better both in terms of books and weather!
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Some of the many books I read over the years while Some of the many books I read over the years while researching and writing my debut novel The Doctoress. As a librarian, I knew I needed to get the history right, not only for my main character, but for the real-life women she interacted with in her work as a doctor and as a suffragist. These are the books I turned to again and again. 
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What a literary week! So great meeting @meganwalro What a literary week! So great meeting @meganwalrod and learning all about her journey with hybrid publishing before I take the journey myself. Her enthusiasm and energy were contagious & she had so many great ideas to share. Can't wait to read her book! Thanks @springvillearts 
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