Personal: Susan Hahn is a poet, playwright and novelist. She was born Susan Firestone in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Highland Park High School and Northwestern University (B.A. and M.A.) She was employed for many years by TriQuarterly literary magazine, the last 14 of which, until 2009, as the Editor. She is married to Frederic Hahn, an attorney, and is the mother of Rick Hahn, the general manager of the Chicago White Sox.