Susan McClelland is a Canadian investigative journalist and author whose work moves between long-form magazine reporting, creative nonfiction, and documentary storytelling. Her published profile identifies her with reporting on human rights, systemic injustice, migration, and the effects of trauma. She began in journalism at The Miami Herald, held internships at The New York Times, and later worked as a staff writer at Maclean’s, specializing in long-form and investigative reporting.
As a freelancer, McClelland has contributed to publications including The Sunday Times Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Guardian, and The Walrus. Her book work often centers the first-person experiences of people affected by conflict, displacement, discrimination, or institutional failure. The catalogued The Tale of Two Nazanins, written with Nazanin Afshin-Jam, is among her collaborative nonfiction books. McClelland also served as researcher and narrator for the documentary The Nanny Business, which grew from her reporting on Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program.
McClelland’s journalism has received two Amnesty International Media Awards, according to her official awards page. Her current work also includes film development: she and her daughter, Charlotte Lindsay Marron, co-founded Full Cup Productions, and her official biography states that they received the 2025 Realscreen Propelle: A+E Factual Development Accelerator.
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