Susan Beth Pfeffer (born February 17, 1948) is a retired American author best known for young adult science fiction.
[2] Pfeffer's family lived in Queens before moving to the suburbs of Long Island.
They include biographies for younger readers, and both historical, such as the Portraits of Little Women series, and contemporary fiction.
[5] Pfeffer achieved wider notice with her 2006 book Life as We Knew It, a bestseller.
[4] Pfeffer cites the film Meteor as inspiration for the Moon Crash series.