Author

Susan Roy is a writer and editor on architecture, design, and cultural history. The founding managing editor of Allure magazine, she has also held senior editorial positions at
This Old House,
SELF,
Good Housekeeping and
Avenue. She holds a master’s degree in architectural history from Columbia University;
Bomboozled is loosely based on the subject of her master’s thesis, “The Family Fallout Shelter During the Cold War.”