Susan Borowitz

Susan Stevenson Borowitz is an American writer and producer. She is best known for her work on Family Ties, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Aliens in the Family, and Pleasantville. During her marriage to writer and comedian, Andy Borowitz (1982–2005), the two co-created The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. This series ran from 1990–1996 and led to Will Smith's stardom. It won NAACP's Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993. In addition, Susan and Andy co-created and produced many other television situation comedies. Susan is the author of the comedic novel, When We’re in Public, Pretend You Don’t Know Me: Surviving Your Daughter's Adolescence So You Don't Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You, published in 2003.

Susan Stevenson was born on March 6, 1959 in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. She knew from a young age that she was passionate about writing and story creation. Both her parents, Robert Large Stevenson and Norma Willis Stevenson, were artists. As a result, there were many art artifacts scattered throughout Susan's family home. Growing up, she would often work on art projects, which later turned into illustrations in the form of books that she ultimately used to tell a story. During her years in school, the written word became her story-telling medium of choice, although she did still enjoy drawing as a form of stress relief. During her time in Hollywood, she still focused on visual arts to relieve her stress. However, this time she shifted her focus on sewing and creating formal wear for her new Hollywood lifestyle.

Susan graduated from Harvard University, class of 1981 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. At Harvard, Susan further explored her interest in writing and believed she potentially wanted a career out of it. She hoped to exercise her writing in humor, which she favored, and did so by becoming an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. One of her articles has made it into the book, The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor which includes passages from many Hollywood comedy writers before their careers took off. Eventually, writing for the Harvard Lampoon inspired her to branch out and write comedy as her career. She began freelance writing for a few years, then made her way to the Hollywood realm of comedic writing.

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