Susan Schirl Smith is a writer, photographer and holistic nurse living on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.

Her essays have been published in SugarSugarSaltLit, Porterhouse Review, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Pangyrus, Silver Birch Press and the Journal of Holistic Nursing. She is a staff writer for Wind and Root at Reckon Review, and is a regular contributor to Kind Over Matter. Her photography has been featured in Barren Magazine, L’Ephemere Review and local newspapers. She is a member of the Boston-based GrubStreet writing community, the New Hampshire Writer’s Project and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Her memoir in progress is Desperado, Song of the Outlaw, a story of grief and hope, and the connection with loved ones that lasts forever.

Smith has a BA from the University of New Hampshire, a Diploma in Nursing from Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing, and a MSN from Drexel University. She has always been fascinated by the infinite possibilities of the world, and has owned a holistic wellness center, worked as a creative coach, taught meditation, energy work and self-development classes, along with working in nursing in hospital and community settings.