Susan Arenella is a hair stylist-turned-attorney-turned-writer. After years of cuts and colors and bending hair on the East Coast, she moved to Southern California. There, she co-built a small business with her husband and raised her family while studying history and literature at the University of California, Irvine. Susan then moved everyone to Austin, Texas to attend law school at The University of Texas. In total, her law career spanned twenty-five years, fifteen of which she spent as a government attorney, battling against Big Pharma for Medicaid fraud.

In 2024, her work was featured in LAW MOMS: JUGGLING MOTHERHOOD, AMBITION, AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT, a collection of essays written by eight woman lawyers. LAW MOMS garnered number one bestseller status in six Amazon categories shortly after publication and continues to draw speaking engagements at various professional conferences throughout the nation. In addition to her essay in LAW MOMS and her forthcoming memoir, she is currently at work on a novel.

Susan still lives in Austin with her husband Joe, and not far from her three grown daughters, all of whom still tap her for legal advice and the occasional haircut. While she now writes full-time, she keeps her law license handy and her scissors sharp.