Susan Paulsen was born in 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and now lives and works in New York. She received a BA in photography and painting from Ohio Wesleyan University. In 2004 she had a solo exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. Other books with Steidl: Tomatoes on the Back Porch (2005) and Sarah Rhymes with Clara (2011).