Susanne Washburn, Copy Editor
Susanne Washburn has served Commonweal since 1999. Prior to that she spent thirty-six years on Time, the last long stretch as a senior reporter. An English literature major at Albertus Magnus College, she then pursued a Master of Arts degree at New York University. She has published in Stratton and Vermont magazines as well as Commonweal, National Catholic Reporter, and Today’s American Catholic. Her Commonweal copyediting is done from her home in Dorset, Vermont. She and her late husband, lawyer Larry Washburn, are the parents of three and grandparents of two.