Suzy Hansen is a journalist and writer. She is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. Hansen worked as an editor at The New York Observer until 2007, when she received a fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to conduct research in Turkey. She also visited Greece, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan to investigate how American influence caused trouble and misfortune for civilians in these countries. Hansen's work has appeared The New Republic, Vogue, and National Geographic. Her first book, "Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-America World," was published in 2018. Hansen received her degree from the University of Pennsylvania.