Susan Walter's foray into the arts began when her parents gave her a violin for her 5th birthday. A lazy student with little natural talent, she gave up her (mother's) dream of becoming a concert violinist to attend Harvard, where she coasted through the curriculum by packing her course load with as many independent studies as was permitted. Upon graduation, having no idea what it was, she entered the DGA Assistant Directors Training Program, where she was placed on top shows to assist directors who otherwise never would have hired her. After seven glorious years tethered to a Honeywagon, she decided to explore life above the line, and worked as a D-Girl and talent manager at a boutique production and management company.

Upon being "let go", she started writing screenplays of her own. Much to her surprise, people liked them. At present, Susan is still writing, and on occasion, masquerades as a director. She lives in Los Feliz with her husband and their two potted plants.