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Susan Smit discusses appearance and her writing career

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Susan Smit said it was insulting when people asked whether her appearance had contributed to her success as a writer. The 52-year-old author, who has been working in the profession for 25 years, spent two years immersed in the medieval world while writing her historical novel *Back to Hildegard*. She is now returning to the broader challenges of her career and life as a writer.

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Susan Smit’s novel about Hildegard von Bingen

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Writer Susan Smit discussed her novel about the medieval nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen. She said she feels an affinity with Hildegard and described herself as critical within the spiritual world. The accounts addressed the historical marginalization of female mystics’ visions within the church and considered the space for female spirituality as mysticism and early Christian traditions receive renewed attention.