Susannah Meadows is a journalist. Her most recent story was the widely viewed New York Times Magazine article, "The Boy With a Thorn in His Joints." She writes the Newly Released column in The New York Times. She also writes book reviews for the paper.For ten years she was a reporter, writer, and editor at Newsweek magazine. She wrote features about Serena Williams, Columbine, teenagers—including the cover story, "In Defense of Teen Girls"—and conservative Christians.