Susan McIlvaine Kenney (born April 28, 1941) is an American short story writer and novelist.
She was born in Summit, New Jersey,[1] and spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York.
She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A.
Phi Beta Kappa, and from Cornell University, with a Ph.D. She taught at Colby College.
[2] She married professor Edwin Kenney, who died on December 8, 1992; they had two children, James and Anne.