About Susan
My Story
Susan Altman is a born and raised New Yorker. Her first book, “Ready or Not, Here I Come: The Children of Queens Blvd” is her love story to New York, chronicling her formative years, growing up in Forest Hills, Queens, at a time when your neighborhood was your entire world.
She attended American University for undergraduate work and Hunter College for her Master’s Degree. She had an over forty -year career in education, both with the New York City Department of Education and as an assistant professor and learning disabilities coordinator at Fashion Institute of Technology.
Ms. Altman has two sons and a poodle. She currently lives in New York City.
Inspiration in Writing the Book:
What started as an effort to understand my own child through his body art has led me on a fantastic journey through history. Tattoos have alternated between being fashionable and stigmatized. However, one constant remains: tattoos are permanent, and so they represent something significant enough to inform that choice.
I hope to enlighten my readers and help them gain a better understanding of tattoos, helping them to open their minds and learn to accept tattoos and appreciate them just as I did..