Suzanne Perez
News DirectorSuzanne Perez is KMUW's News Director, overseeing our staff of reporters and hosting our weekly feature program, The Range. She previously covered education for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. Before moving to public radio in 2021, Suzanne worked more than 30 years at The Wichita Eagle, where she reported on schools and a variety of other topics.
Suzanne also reviews books for KMUW, co-hosts the Books & Whatnot podcast and helps lead the station’s monthly Literary Feast book club. She created the #ReadICT Reading Challenge, an annual partnership with the Wichita Public Library and The Wichita Eagle that encourages adults to read more broadly.
In her free time, Suzanne enjoys cooking and traveling with her husband, Andy, playing fetch with their Labrador retrievers, Zeke and Raina, and snuggling with her cat, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Suzanne has been honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award, a national Society of Professional Journalists award, and a national Public Media Journalists Association award, as well as numerous honors from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
Suzanne can be reached by email at perez@kmuw.org.
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Lior Torenberg’s debut novel, Just Watch Me, follows a 20-something woman who starts a livestream marathon to raise money for her little sister, who is in a coma. -
A new novel by Sara Levine tells the story of a woman whose 6-year-old nephew is possessed by the ghost of a Corgi.
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The Robert L. Cattoi Book Technologies Lab opened late last year on the sixth floor of Lindquist Hall at Wichita State University. It features a collection of bookbinding and printing tools. -
Some farmers are ending the year unsure how they'll pay their bills… or buy seed and other supplies for spring. We'll hear from farmers around the central U.S. about what made 2025 such a tough year and what’s ahead. And we have news from Wichita and around the state. -
Great news for book lovers: 2026 is shaping up to be a banger of a year, with several big-name authors returning after long breaks. -
We’ve kept the concept the same, even after a decade, because why mess with perfection? Just read 12 books from these 12 categories over the next 12 months. -
The midair collision between a military helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342 killed 67 people. -
David Szalay's award-winning novel, "Flesh," follows the life of one Hungarian man from adolescence to old age. And it manages to do a lot with precious few words. -
Erin Somers' new novel, "The Ten Year Affair," offers an evocative and emotionally charged look at the realities of marriage and family life, and a meditation on the roads not taken. -
Peacekeepers, a program created by a Philadelphia counselor, trains students to lead peer conferences that address minor behavior issues like name-calling or horseplay.
