Susan Dworkin

SUSAN DWORKIN is one of our most compassionate biographers. Whether it's beauty queens (Bess Myerson in MISS AMERICA 1945) or foster children (Charlotte Lopez in LOST IN THE SYSTEM), the mother of a stricken child (Jeann White, Ryan's mother in WEEDING OUT THE TEARS) or a desperate girl in hiding (Edith Hahn Beer in THE NAZI OFFICER'S WIFE), she finds the soul and courage in her subjects, and through them, she tells the history of our times.

Now she is writing a new book, THE VIKING IN THE WHEAT FIELD, about a brilliant Danish plant scientist named Bent Skovmand. TIME MAGAZINE said this man was more important to people's daily lives than most heads of state. Skovmand was an expert on wheat. Twenty-five per cent of the world's calories. Your toast; your cereal, your pasta. He was a fun-loving, hard-drinking guy with a big blonde moustache and a passionate desire to feed the hungry. THE VIKING IN THE WHEAT FIELD will take you into his world, into his head, into his heart -- into the heart of the struggle to save the world, one seed at a time.

ATTENTION DRAMA TEACHERS!
If you think your students have something to learn about government, farming, history, ethics, Susan Dworkin's powerful play THE FARM BILL may be just the material you are seeking. Write to susiesworks@aol.com and Susan will send you a scene. One act. One set. Four characters. Lots of laughs. Some tears too. AND THE FARM BILL IS AVAILABLE TO DRAMA TEACHERS FREE. NO ROYALTIES. ABSOLUTELY FREE. That's how much the author of THE VIKING IN THE WHEAT FIELD wants Americans to start really thinking about the fate of our land.

Email Susan at susiesworks@aol.com to receive a scene and start a conversation.

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