Susan M. Garrett

Susan M. Garrett was a prolific and respected gen writer, publisher and editor in many fandoms, but especially Forever Knight – she was hugely active on ForKni-L, and a member of the Ravenettes. 
She won four Fan Q awards for Forever Knight zines or stories. Her Forever Knight fan fiction and non-fiction can be found on her website, The Library of Lost Souls. Her zine publishing was done through Penguin Press. 
She was the sister of pro editor Shawn M. Garrett.Tor Nightfire. ABOUT: SHAWN M. GARRETT. "Everything that he is he owes to his late sister Susan, a shining star in the pre-internet world of fan-fiction, who left this world unexpectedly in 2010." (Accessed 7 September 2023.)
==In Memory==
Susan passed on August 14, 2010, many some memories are at 'Remembering Susan M Garrett', Fan Dominion, August 16, 2010 and here.
== Fan Writer==
Susan is perhaps best known for being invited to write a Forever Knight TV tie-in novel, Intimations of Mortality, in 1997.
But it's possible her biggest contribution to fandom was the writing and publishing of 
*The Fantastically, Fundamentally Functional Guide to Fanzines for Readers & Contributors, 1989, and
*The Fantastically, Fundamentally Functional Guide to Fanzines for Editors & Publishers, 1990.
 
These works are wonderfully informative guides for new-ish zine fans. She also published an adzine for other adzines: 
*The Handy Dandy Adzine Calendar and Address Guide for Fanzine Editors and Other Busy People.
Susan Garrett was a member of the Forever Knight, Doctor Who, Shadow Chasers, and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne fan fiction communities. Her first official fanfic was written for the series Fantastic Journey back in the mid-seventies. Susan is the author of over 400 fanfic short stories, multiple novels and novellas and the editor/publisher of over 45 fanzines.
She was given the title of "The Finder of Lost Fandoms" due to her interest in limited episode series - if a pilot was written but never filmed, she was probably a fan of the show. Due to her interest in a multitude of fandoms and the inability to tie her to one, Susan's catchphrase was "I am not a fandom, I am a free fan."
For a complete list of her fanzines, awards, and fandom contributions, click here.
==Forever Knight==
She was given the title of "The Empress of FK-Fic" by the FKFIC-L list. On the FKFIC-L list she started the practice of Story Challenges, participated in a number of round robins and was a part of the first fictional FKWar. In addition, it became a tradition to post Forever Knight fiction to the FKFIC-L list to help Susan celebrate her birthday.
She wrote the essay "The Not-So-Gentle Art of Nick-Picking" in 1995.
In 1996, Susan vowed to cut her hair (uncut since she was 13 years old) if Forever Knight came back for a fourth season. From her FORKNI-L sig: "When we get a fourth season, the hair GOES." 
In 1998, Susan M. Garrett created and ran the The Forever Knight Fan Fiction Awards. Awards were given to the authors of Forever Knight fan fiction that was nominated and voted upon by Forever Knight fans – all items posted on the internet during or previous to December 31st, 1997 were eligible for nomination. In 1999, Susan again ran the awards, during which Forever Knight fan fiction posted on the internet during or previous to December 31st, 1998 were nominated and voted upon by Forever Knight fans.
She is the author of the professionally published Forever Knight tie-in novel, Intimations of Mortality in October of 1997.
At the time of Susan's death, the ForKNI-L-based Forever Knight fandom was in the middle of organizing its first War in six years. War 13 (played in October 2010) was therefore dedicated to her memory.
==Other Fandoms==
Susan's many interests included the fandoms listed, as well as Q.E.D., Beauty & The Beast, Quantum Leap, The Man From UNCLE, Kolchak:The Nightstalker, X-men (comics), Dark Shadows, The Man From Atlantis, The Avengers, The Prisoner, etc.
Susan was the moderator of two Yahoo The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne fanfic writing groups - 
*SJJV - The Secret Journals of Jules Verne for gen fiction and
*SJJVA - The Secret Journals of Jules Verne Adult for adult fanfiction.
She was also a fan crafter. Time Bears was a Doctor Who zine that published 26 of Susan's Doctor Who-related needlepoint designs.
In November of 1998, Susan spent the day as an extra on the set of Homicide: Life on the Street, and wrote an account of her experiences. She appears in the episode "Bones of Contention", which aired in season seven, January, 1999.
=="NOT The MediaWest*Con Program Guides" ==
Susan shares the honor of being the co-creator (with Ann Larimer)There's absolutely no question that it was Susan M. Garrett and Ann Larimer who did these. Speaking as someone who's attended MediaWest*Con every year since 1986, and who has been friends with Ann even longer than that, I always looked forward to picking up this publication at each year's con. They may have been distributed at the flyer tables in the early years of their existence, however in the later years you had to actually pick them up at Susan's table in the dealers room -- and you were lucky to get one, as they had a very short print run! as being responsible - Cannellfan at User talk:Gozer, Dec 25/10 of the NOT The MediaWest*Con Program Guides, a satirical homage to all things fannish published for many years and distributed at MediaWest*Con.
==A 1986 Interview==
:See more at A 1986 Interview with Susan M. Garrett.
The introduction from an extensive interview in Pop Stand Express #13 (1986):
==Notes==
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Category:Deceased
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Zine Publishers
Category:2010 Deaths