Susan Q. Stranahan
American journalist and author
Susan Q. Stranahan is an American journalist who reports mainly on energy and the environment. She co-wrote Fukushima.
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About Susan Q. Stranahan
Susan Q. Stranahan is an American journalist who has co-written several books. Her reporting centers mainly on energy and the environment. She worked as a staff writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1972 to 2000 and also sat on its editorial board. She was lead reporter on the Inquirer team that covered the Three Mile Island accident, and the team shared in the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Her articles have also appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Time. She has also taught a course in environmental writing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Susquehanna, River of Dreams (1993) and Beyond the Flames (2000, with Larry King). Together with David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, she wrote Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster (2014).