Suzanne Trauth is a novelist and playwright. Her novels include What Remains of Love (a first-place winner in Women's Fiction, Firebird Book Awards; a finalist in General Fiction, American Book Festival; and a finalist for the Hemingway Prize) and the Dodie O’Dell mystery series–Show Time, Time Out, Running Out of Time, Just in Time, No More Time and Killing Time. 

Her plays include Laws of the Universe (semi-finalist Premiere Stages New Play Festival), La Fonda (HRC Showcase Theatre; semi-finalist Premiere Stages New Play Festival), Françoise (nominated for Kilroy List; semi-finalist Boomerang New Play Festival), Midwives, Rehearsing Desire, iDream, and Katrina: the K Word. Ms. Trauth has co-authored Sonia Moore and American Acting Training and co-edited Katrina on Stage: Five Plays. Her most recent novel, The First to Die, domestic suspense, was released in November, 2025. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women.