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# Susan Scarf Merrell

Writer   United States

 **2** quotes in **5** categories

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Susan Scarf Merrell is a writer from the United States, best known for *Shirley*.

## Quick Facts About Susan Scarf Merrell

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Shirley

## About Susan Scarf Merrell

Susan Scarf Merrell is an American author who has published novels, short stories, and essays. Her second novel, Shirley, about a young woman who goes to live with novelist Shirley Jackson and Stanley Edgar Hyman in their Bennington, Vermont home in 1964, was published June 12, 2014 by Blue Rider/Penguin Books.

##  Quotes by Susan Scarf Merrell

> [Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-scarf-merrell/our-brothers-and-sisters-are-there-with-us-from-the-dawn-of-our/)

[Susan Scarf Merrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-scarf-merrell/)

[Brotherhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brotherhood/)

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> [Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-scarf-merrell/our-siblings-they-resemble-us-just-enough-to-make-all-their/)

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[Brother and sister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother-and-sister/)

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