Suzy Zail

Suzy Zail has worked as a litigation lawyer, specializing in Family Law, but now writes full time. Among other titles, she has written her father's story, T he Tattooed Flower , about his life as a child survivor of the Holocaust. Her novel, Playing for the Commandant , about a young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz who is chosen to play for the camp commandant, was a 2015 USSBY Outstanding International Book and was honoured as an exceptional book for use in social studies classrooms in the...See more

Suzy Zail has worked as a litigation lawyer, specializing in Family Law, but now writes full time. Among other titles, she has written her father's story, T he Tattooed Flower , about his life as a child survivor of the Holocaust. Her novel, Playing for the Commandant , about a young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz who is chosen to play for the camp commandant, was a 2015 USSBY Outstanding International Book and was honoured as an exceptional book for use in social studies classrooms in the Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List 2015. See less