Susan McClelland JOURNALIST – WRITER

Susan McClelland
Harvard Photo, Simon Tannenbaum       

Susan's writing has appeared in the Miami Herald, The Globe and Mail, Elle, Canadian Living, Maclean's, Reader's Digest, Chatelaine, The Walrus, More, Shambhala Sun, Today's Parent, The Guardian (UK), Ms. Magazine, You Magazine, Marie Claire (UK), Times (London), and she has interned at the New York Times, Florida, Central American and Caribbean bureau.

Winner of the 2005 and 2008 Amnesty International Media Award for excellence in human rights reporting.

Author of Bite of the Mango, published by Annick Press, North America.
Australia/New Zealand by Allen & Unwin
Holland and Belgium - De Kern/De Fonteyn (2009)
French North America - La courte échelle (2010)
Germany, Switzerland and Austria - Droemer Knaur (2009)
Italy - Sperling & Kupfer/Mondadori (2010)
Spanish World - Intermon Oxfam (2010)
Brazil - Editora Planeta (2010)
Korea - TheBookInMyLife (2010)
United Kingdom - Bloomsbury (November 2009)
India - Mehta Publishing Company (date of release to be announced)
Slovenia, Zalozba Alica, 2011
Tamil edition by Vikatan Media (2011)
Marathi edition by Mehta Publishing (2011)
Audio by Brilliance Audio and Audible.com (2011) USA and territories, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

 

 

"Susan is a resourceful and knowledgeable journalist who knows
the business and does her work with utmost professionalism.
Kerry Gruson and Ana Rhodes, The New York Times.

"Susan is one of Canada's best journalists and authors, whose passionate,
independent voice speaks to all those interested in bridging cultural
divides and seeing the world as a true global village."
Documentary film-maker, Shelley Saywell

"Wow, what an inspiring story."
Al Gore, former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner,
of Susan's book, Standing Tall.

Narrator and subject in
THE NANNY BUSINESS
THE PLIGHT OF CANADA’S IMPORTED CAREGIVERS
on GLOBAL TELEVISION’S ‘CURRENTS’

 

 

 
Annick Press
2008  
North America
           
Bloomsbury
2009 
United Kingdom

 

..Mariatu's "tale, told in the first person, is never less than riveting
and is notable for its emotional honesty."
—The Globe and Mail

To view a trailer for Bite of the Mango
with footage shot in Sierra Leone by
Sorious Samura, please click here.

Mariatu Kamara is featured in Nick Danziger's Femmes face a la Guerre (Women facing War).

Susan is part of the video accompanying the installation of sculptor, Blake Ward's Burning Buddha.