Susan Y. Kohl, APR, is a former broadcast journalist and public relations executive. She is the founder of Sierra Communications, a virtual public relations agency with operations in California and Texas (www.sierracomm.com). She has won numerous awards for her public relations and marketing efforts, and is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America. Prior to her career in PR, she worked as a radio and television news journalist for CBS Radio, WCPX-TV in Orlando, Florida and KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, California. She also served as host for PM Magazine, Montana.

Twin Stories is Susan's second book. She authored the book Getting Attention:Leading-Edge Lessons for Publicity and Marketing (Butterworth-Heinemann) in 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from California State University, Chico.

Susan is the mother of identical twin boys. She lives in the California's Sierras with her husband, Doug, and sons Frank, Sam and Max. She can be reached through email at skohl@sierracomm.com.