After graduating from Columbia University in New York with a Master's
Degree in Journalism, Suzanne worked as an intern for
PBS NewsHour (1975)
(aka "The McNeil-Lehr News Hour"), on PBS, before establishing herself
as a news writer and producer at CNN in Atlanta and, later, the
assistant editor of Essence Magazine.
Comfortable both behind and in front of the camera, Suzanne soon found
herself as an on-air co-anchor of
ETV!'s first entertainment news program
with co-anchors
Greg Kinnear
and
Julie Moran. Following that, she
worked as a TV scriptwriter in Hollywood for several Fox TV sitcoms
before beginning work as a freelance screenwriter.