Susan Timmons

Susan DeFreitas Timmons, born May 19, 1977, crossed to the other shore on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. After a year-long illness, her final transition was peaceful at home, surrounded by loving family and held in love and light. 

Susan’s 47 years of this life were immense and full of laughter, joy, and deep conversation and connection with friends, family, strangers, and Spirit. Author, poet, artist, storyteller, emcee, book coach, entrepreneur, teacher, home chef, Happy Farmer, banjo player, reader, hiker, tree-hugger, swimmer, traveler, meditator, free-spirit, star-gazer, dreamer, wife, mother, and friend. Born in West Michigan, she lived in Hart, Michigan; Prescott, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Charleston, South Carolina; before landing in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2018. 

Susan is the author of the award-winning novel, Hot Season, and the editor of Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. LeGuin. Her short stories and poems were published widely, and her writing classes were celebrated. She is the creator of Workshops Against Empire, an alternative MFA program for writers who want to change the world.  

A celebration of Susan’s life was held on Sunday, March 2nd at The Open Circle in Santa Fe. Friends and family laughed and wept, sang and danced, and shared poems and stories before returning to her family’s home in Eldorado. Because Susan always loved a good after-party. 

Susan is survived by her loving husband Daniel, and son Calder, as well as her mother Sally, father Bruce, step-mother Kathy, brother Andre, sister Tara, and other extended family members, including her beloved Happy Farmer community. 

In lieu of flowers or other memorial gifts, the family requests that donations be made through GoFundMe for Calder’s college fund and to financially support Susan’s family through this challenging time.

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