An award-winning author, Susan has published seven books. Her latest book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us was written with Ivy Ross, Vice President of Design for Hardware at Google.

Art engages our emotions, memory, and creativity, offering a path to healing by fostering connection, resilience, and self-discovery in mental health.

Books have bored me and bored into me. But never before has a book recalibrated my brain—and the way I understand and care for it—like Your Brain on Art. In their groundbreaking research, Susan and ...