Susan Lyn "Suzi" Wizowaty (born January 6, 1954) is an author and politician from

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, she was a member of the

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, representing the Chittenden-6-5 district in Burlington from 2009 to 2015. First elected in 2008, she did not run for re-election in 2014.

Biography

Born in

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, Wizowaty grew up in Europe,

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, and graduated with an A.B. in anthropology from

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in 1977 after completing a 91-page long senior thesis titled "Apple Days Delilah: A Justification for Fiction in Anthropology." She then received a M.A. from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont .. She lived in

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before moving to Burlington in 1985. Wizowaty has worked as a bookseller, librarian, newspaper reporter and editor, also having experience in the non-profit sector with the Vermont Humanities Council and Vermont Works for Women. A published author, she has written three novels: ''The Round Barn'' (Hardscrabble, 2002) ''A Tour of Evil'' (Philomel, 2005), and ''The Return of Jason Green'' (Fomite, 2014). In 2008, Wizowaty ran for the Vermont House of Representatives in the two-member Chittenden-3-5 district. She faced two incumbents in the Democratic primary but was the top vote-getter, beating Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan, who finished in second place and Rep. Bill Keogh, who came third. In the general election held on November 4, the Democratic nominees – Wizowaty and Donovan – ran unopposed. She was re-elected to the House on November 2, 2010. Following redistricting, she was elected to represent the Chittenden 6-5 district in 2012. She did not seek re-election in 2014 and was succeeded by Mary Sullivan. In 2013, Wizowaty founded the non-profit Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, which she ran for four years before stepping down in July, 2017.

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Personal website
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