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Susan Beth Pfeffer

Born

in New York City, The United States

February 17, 1948

Died

June 23, 2025

Website

http://susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

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Susan Beth Pfeffer was an American author best known for young adult and science fiction. After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled "The Life as We Knew It Series", but often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. ...more

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Hail And Farewell

I wrote my first blog entry on June 1, 2007 and began it by announcing that I had no idea what I was doing.

Six and a half years have passed and I still have no idea.

I woke up the other day in a semi-first-thing-in-the-morning-panic and said, I have no idea what's going to happen.

But then I realized what you already know. No one has any idea what's going to happen. Life can't be predicted. At best Read more of this blog post »

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Susan Beth Pfeffer’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 230,754 ratings · 20,324 reviews · 92 distinct works • Similar authors

	Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,712 ratings — published 2006 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 42,100 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This World We Live In (Last Survivors, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 34,597 ratings — published 2010 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shade of the Moon (Last Survivors, #4) 3.29 avg rating — 12,666 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Wounds 3.31 avg rating — 1,814 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life As We Knew It Collection (Life As We Knew It Series) 4.39 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year Without Michael 3.62 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 1987 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jo's Story 3.79 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meg's Story 3.74 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beth's Story 3.70 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Last Survivors (4 books)
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3.83 avg rating — 223,224 ratings

Portraits of Little Women (15 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 1,687 ratings

The Sebastian Sisters (5 books)
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3.60 avg rating — 145 ratings

Kid Power (2 books)
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3.64 avg rating — 139 ratings

Nobody's Daughter (2 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 98 ratings

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Quotes by Susan Beth Pfeffer (?)

“I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.”
― Susan Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It

tags: science-fiction

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“I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it's the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It

tags: moon

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“I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It

tags: death, life

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Polls

What themed YA book (urban setting) would you like to read for March's group read?

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

19 votes, 24.1%

Matched by Ally Condie

18 votes, 22.8%

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn

11 votes, 13.9%

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

7 votes, 8.9%

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

6 votes, 7.6%

No and Me by Delphine de Vigan

6 votes, 7.6%

Firespell by Chloe Neill

4 votes, 5.1%

Timeless by Alexandra Monir

4 votes, 5.1%

Can't Get There from Here by Todd Strasser

3 votes, 3.8%

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

1 vote, 1.3%

79 total votes

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