WRITING COACH SUZANNE GANNON—The Essay Conqueror—has a wealth of experience as a journalist, essayist, and aspiring humorist. She combines her insatiable curiosity, reportorial talent, and congenial demeanor to guide students through the challenge of planning and writing their college application essays. More on Suzanne’s background and bona fides ↓
A discovery-driven writing coach for college application essays
Suzanne has provided college essay writing guidance to hundreds of students as they negotiate the written requirements of undergrad, transfer, scholarship, and graduate applications to colleges and universities at every point on the academic spectrum. She’s coached students from across the United States and abroad—including applicants in London, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Beijing, Tokyo, Lisbon, Amsterdam, and The Hague.
Suzanne’s clients have been accepted at colleges and universities including: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, MIT, UCLA, Duke, UC Berkeley, USC, UChicago, Vanderbilt, Columbia, Virginia, UNC-Chapel Hill, Brown, Amherst, Georgetown, Dartmouth, WashU, Tufts, Pomona, Pitzer, Michigan, Villanova, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State, Tulane, Elon—and many, many others.
Her clients’ varied interests, talents, expertise, obsessions, writing skills, and backgrounds offer the texture and variety that make for original college essays that are introspective, revelatory, and entertaining—for their narrators and readers alike.
Suzanne has also hosted webinars for the University of Virginia and led essay-writing workshops for Good Success Academies.
Bona Fides
Suzanne’s work has appeared in a variety of media including Town & Country, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Art & Antiques, The Wall Street Journal, Manhattan, Interior Design, Art + Auction, Cottages & Gardens, Virginia Living, Coastal Living, Delta Sky, Sonoma, Executive Traveler, Town & Country Travel, Greenwich, AtHome, Beach, Wines & Vines, Preservation, Luxe Interiors + Design, The Intelligent Collector, Wine Business Monthly, and lots of other places. She has been a guest on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and has worked as a wire-service stringer at Fashion Week.
Deep Background
Suzanne is a graduate of the University of Virginia, a born traveler, and a completer of three consecutive New York City Marathons. She has studied with the Writer’s Voice and Second City Improv, and enjoys speaking Italian (badly). Her book, In the Garden, with photographer Stacy Bass, was published by Perseus Books. Prior to getting a byline, Suzanne racked up many miles (and sound bites) as a marketer and corporate communicator in the food, wine, and travel sectors.