Suzanne Clauser
American television writer
Suzanne Phillips Clauser (August 25, 1929 - April 11, 2016) was an American television writer. She wrote several award-winning television movies, including The Pride of Jesse Hallam and A Girl Named Sooner which was based on her novel of the same name. Clauser also wrote 11 episodes of the television series, Bonanza and was the only woman to regularly write for the show.
Biography
Clauser was born on August 25, 1929, and grew up in Long Island. Clauser studied literature at Indiana University Bloomington and graduated in 1951. She married Charles Clauser in 1951 and in 1954, when her husband earned a Fulbright Grant to study in Burma and Rangoon, she went with him.
Clauser moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio, when her husband got a job at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Once in Yellow Springs, Clauser began to write and soon published a story about their married experiences in Asia. Clauser became interested in a class taught at Antioch College that was taught by Rod Serling, a visiting faculty member. Serling sent one of her scripts to Hollywood and her script was picked up by producers of Bonanza.
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