Susan Beth Pfeffer

Susan Beth Pfeffer (1948–2025) was an American author of young adult and science fiction, writing for 35 years. Pfeffer drew wider attention with The Last Survivors series of post-apocalyptic novels, beginning with Life as We Knew It, in which a teenage girl's life changes when the moon swings closer to Earth. Some of the books in the series appeared on The New York Times best-seller list.