Suzanne Clauser

Suzanne Phillips Clauser (August 25, 1929 - April 11, 2016) was an American television writer. She wrote several award-winning television movies, including The Pride of Jesse Hallam and A Girl Named Sooner which was based on her novel of the same name. Clauser also wrote 11 episodes of the television series, Bonanza and was the only woman to regularly write for the show.

Biography Clauser was born on August 25, 1929, and grew up in Long Island. Clauser studied literature at Indiana University Bloomington and graduated in 1951. Once in Yellow Springs, Clauser began to write and soon published a story about their married experiences in Asia. She went on to write 11 Bonanza episodes. Clauser was the only woman to regularly write for Bonanza.

Clauser's television movie, Pioneer Woman, won a 1973 Western Heritage Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame. It was nominated for a Writers Guild Award.

Clauser died April 11, 2016, in her home in Yellow Springs.

Selected filmography Bonanza (1964-1971) Pioneer Woman (1973) A Girl Named Sooner (1975) Little Women (television 1978) The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981) Christmas Snow (1986)

Selected bibliography