- Second cousin, once removed, of David Susskind.
- Former senior national affairs reporter, the Wall Street Journal (1993-2000).
- Distinguished visiting scholar at Dartmouth College.
- Father of Walter Suskind and Owen Suskind.
- Won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his series of articles in the Wall Street Journal that later became his first book, "A Hope in the Unseen".
- Attended the University of Virginia, was a brother of the SPE fraternity and was the university's valediction speaker. Received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1983.
- Favorite songs: "The Hard Land" by Bruce Springsteen, "This Must Be the Place" by Talking Heads.
- Began working for the Wall Street Journal in 1990.
- Contributor to Esquire magazine, Time magazine and the New York Times magazine.
- Lives, with his family, in Washington, D.C. (2011)
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