Susanne Kord

Her 1992 book, Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen (A Glance Backstage, 1992[6]), was the first comprehensive historical study of eighteenth- and nineteenth century women playwrights and is credited with the rediscovery of many of these writers.

Her 1996 book, Sich einen Namen machen (Making a Name for Herself[10]), delved into eighteenth- and nineteenth century women writers' strategies of using pseudonyms to conceal their gender.

[25] The themes of Kord’s published poetry draw on her professional research on challenges faced by female authors, and on the poverty she observed in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. neighborhoods.

[26] Kord has won six awards for her writing, including the 2012 Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year (for her book with Elisabeth Krimmer, Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities)[27] and the Forum Prize, Best Article of the Year, for The Rule of Law and the Role of Literature: German Public Debates on Husband Killers and Human Rights, Forum for Modern Language Studies, (January 2012).

[28][29] Kord's scholarship, which originated in the effort to make lost work by women accessible to a modern readership, employs a straightforward writing style that is often noted in reviews.