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(1943-2005) Author, editor, journalist, columnist. Susan Gordon Lydon was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Boca Raton, Florida.

Full Name

Susan Gordon Lydon

Locations

Bronx•Dutchess•Nassau

Author's Timeline

1943

Birth

Bronx County: Susan Lydon was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 14, 1943.

1952

Residence

Nassau County: Ms. Lydon moved with her family to Island Park, New York, on Long Island, in 1952.

1961

Other Life Event

Dutchess County: Ms. Lydon studied history at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, on a scholarship received in 1961. She graduated in 1965.

1975

Other Life Event

Ms. Lydon moved to New York City in 1975 and was a writer for The Village Voice.

1993

Literary Work

Take the Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Survivor
HarperCollins
0062505505 / 978-0062505507
Memoir.

1997

Literary Work

The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
HarperOne
0062512021 / 978-0062512024
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

Knitting Heaven and Earth: Healing the Heart with Craft
Potter Craft
0767915658 / 978-0767915656
Nonfiction.

2005

Death

Susan Gordon Lydon died in Boca Raton, Florida, on July 15, 2005.

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