Susan Cullen

2023 Word Award Winner for best YA fiction and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize finalist for best Speculative Fiction Debut. (The World Collective, CHP 2023)
Stories are how Susan Cullen makes sense of the world so it was only natural that she would turn to writing. After going off to university she spent a decade supply teaching, got married, and started a family of fellow book-lovers, fighting that crippling beast called self-doubt along the way. A lover of all four of Canada’s seasons, Susan lives in Chatham-Kent, cheering on her fellow NaNoWriMo writers, walking her pup, and collecting books.
The second instalment in The World Collective trilogy asks big questions about loyalty, friendship, and standing up for what is right.
CHP is so pleased to announce that Susan Cullen has received the 2023 Word Award for best YA Fiction for her debut novel, The World Collective.
Chicken House Press title shortlisted for best young adult book and best book cover for the 2023 Word Awards.
CHP author, Susan Cullen, the mastermind behind the compelling universe of The World Collective (November, 2022) was invited to share a little about her book, a finalist for the $10K Kobo Emerging Writer prize.
18 of Canada’s most compelling debut books have been selected in three genres: Nonfiction, Literary Fiction and Speculative Fiction. Congratulations to Susan Cullen who has been shortlisted for her novel, The World Collective.
Guests were invited to meet the author of The World Collective, have their book signed, and listen to a reading.
Get an inside peek at the incredible universe of The World Collective in Susan Cullen’s new book trailer.

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The highly anticipated conclusion to The World Collective trilogy by Ontario author Susan Cullen arrives today, January 15, 2025. Uncounted completes the thought-provoking young adult dystopian series that earned Cullen recognition as a Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer finalist and Word Award winner.