Susan Sully has authored, photographed, and co-authored 18 books about architecture and design published by Rizzoli International Publications, The Monacelli Press, and Clarkson Potter. Best-selling titles include Charleston Style, The Southern Cosmopolitan, Casa Florida, and New Moroccan Style. Collaborations include books with Historical Concepts, Bobby McAlpine, Ken Tate, and other major American architecture and design firms. She has also contributed articles to The New York Times, Town & Country Travel, Veranda, and other publications.

Sully studied architectural history under Vincent Scully at Yale University where she honed her appreciation for the beauty and significance of the built environment. She is intrigued equally by classical and vernacular architecture and the ways these find modern expression. In her books, she interweaves humanism with scholarship to offer unique and inspiring perspectives on the surroundings we create for ourselves. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina.