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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"The Midnight Show," by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne, tells the story of a 'Saturday Night Live'-style comedy show and the decades-long mystery surrounding the death of its rising star. -
All nine stories in Lauren Groff's new collection, "Brawler," are bold and emotional. Many feature shocking endings. And there’s not a dud in the bunch.
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The State Board of Education plans to announce the next commissioner during its April 14 meeting. -
Maggie Smith is best known for her poem Good Bones, which went viral in 2020. Her new collection, A Suit or a Suitcase, is an emotional, mind-opening study on the relentlessness of time. -
In a new book, KU economics professor Misty Heggeness explores the pop star’s rise to fame and how it illustrates the role of women in today’s economy. -
Fans of Liz Moore's "The God of the Woods" will love Patmeena Sabit's debut novel, "Good People," which is another literary mystery-thriller that keeps you wondering and guessing until its final pages. -
Unofficial results show nearly 82% of Wichita voters said 'no' to the proposal. Mayor Lily Wu said in a Facebook post that her vote to hold a special election was "a mistake." -
Claire Oshetsky's new novel, "Evil Genius," explores complex themes of obsession and desire, with a darkly comic style and a storyline that twists, turns and goes places you never expect. -
The Purple Line Project aims to help Wichita-area businesses be more welcoming to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, as well as their caregivers. -
Maggie Su's debut novel, "Blob: A Love Story," tells the story of a young woman who tries to transform a sentient blob into the man of her dreams.
