Susan B. Glasser (born January 14, 1969) is an American journalist and news editor. She writes the online column "Letter from Biden’s Washington" in ''

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'', where she is a staff writer. She is the author, with her husband Peter Baker, of ''Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution'' (2005), ''The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III'' (2020), and ''The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021'' (2022).

Early life

Glasser is the daughter of Lynn (née Schreiber) and Stephen Glasser. Her parents are the founders of a weekly legal newspaper, ''

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'', and a legal and business publishing company, Glasser Legal Works. Her grandfather, Melvin Glasser, supervised the field trials for the

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. Glasser was graduated ''

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'' from

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, where she wrote for ''

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''.

Career

Glasser interned, and later worked for eight years at

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. In 1998, Glasser started at ''

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'', where she spent a decade. She edited the ''Post'''s Sunday Outlook and national news sections, helped oversee coverage of Bill Clinton's impeachment, covered the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, and served as Moscow bureau co-chief with her husband, Peter Baker. She was editor-in-chief of ''

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'' until 2013. Glasser then joined

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, and served as editor during the 2016 election cycle. She also was the founding editor of ''

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'', a long-form publication both online and in print.

Works

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Personal life

In September 2000, she married Peter Baker in a civil ceremony. Her husband is the chief

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correspondent for ''

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''. Baker and Glasser live in Washington with their son.

References

External links

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Letter from Biden's Washington
columns from newyorker.com
Letter from Trump's Washington
columns from newyorker.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Glasser, Susan Living people Place of birth missing (living people) The Washington Post people American political journalists Jewish American journalists The New Yorker staff writers 1969 births 21st-century American Jews The Harvard Crimson people