Susan D’Agostino is a mathematician and writer whose stories have been published in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Scientific American, WIRED, Quanta, BBC, Nature, National Public Radio, Financial Times, and other leading newspapers and magazines. 

Susan’s first book, How To Free Your Inner Mathematician (Oxford University Press, 2020), received the Mathematical Association of America’s Euler Book Prize for an exceptionally well-written book with a positive impact on the public’s view of math. 

Susan’s writing has been recognized with fellowships from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, National Association of Science Writers, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation in Germany, Mila–Quebec AI Institute in Canada, and the Columbia University School of Journalism. Prior to pivoting her career to public science literacy, Susan was a tenured mathematics professor, for which she earned the university’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She has since taught creative nonfiction at Bard College.

Susan earned a PhD in mathematics at Dartmouth College, an MA in science writing at Johns Hopkins University, and a BA in anthropology at Bard College. She lives on the New Hampshire Seacoast where she cultivates a year-round hydroponic garden and enjoys long walks along the rocky shore. Susan is represented by Marissa Koors at Curious Minds literary agency.