Susannah IsraelSusannah Israel is an art critic and a renowned sculptor with a lifelong love of science fiction. Her art works are allegorical narratives filled with fantastical people and animals, held in public and private collections around the world. Five yearsago, she began writing about an unknown galaxy, bringing together her love of storytelling and her passion for science fiction literature. A Small and Distant Galaxy is her first work of fiction. Israel lives and works in her studio in Oakland, California.