SUSAN CHOI s-a nascut la South Bend, Indiana, tatal sau fiind de origine coreeana. A obtinut licenta in literatura la Yale University si un master la Cornell University. Primul ei roman, The Foreign Student (1998; Studentul strain, in pregatire la Humanitas Fiction) a castigat Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction si a fost finalist la Discover Great New Writers Award oferit de Barnes&Noble. In 2003 publica cel de-al doilea roman, American Woman, care ajunge finalist la Pulitzer Prize pentru literatura 2004. Cu cel de-al treilea roman, A Person of Interest (2009), Susan Choi castiga PEN/W.G. Sebald Award, acesta fiind de asemenea finalist la PEN/Faulkner Award, in anul publicarii. In 2014 ii apare My Education, cu care castiga Lamda Literary Award. Cel mai recent roman al sau, Exercitiu de incredere (Trust Exercise; Humanitas Fiction 2021) e publicat in 2019 si castiga National Book Award. Tot in 2019 apare si prima ei carte pentru copii, Camp Tiger. In 2020, impreuna cu David Remnick, Choi a editat o antologie de proza scurta cu titlul Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker. In prezent, preda scriere creativa la Yale University.