Pam Sussman is a full-time teacher, author and book artist working in paper and fabrics. She studied bookmaking with Shereen LaPlantz, and for many years taught classes at Art Continuum with Gayle Burkins. Pam is the author of Fabric Art Journals: Making, Sewing and Embellishing Journals from Cloth and Fibers, published by Rockport/Quarry Books in November, 2005.  She teaches frequently at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh and is on the special studies faculty of the Chautauqua Institution, New York. Currently living in Pittsburgh, Pam will be moving to Chicago in late 2005.