Susan Delphine Delaney (born January 4, 1948, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; until 2001 signed her work Susan Delaney Mech), retired psychiatrist. Haikai published in leading print and online periodicals and are included in Ueno Bashō Festival anthologies, the 2002 Red Moon Anthology, and the first five Small Canyons anthologies. Regular entrant in the Shiki Internet Kukai and the Hawaii Education Association haiku contests. Participated in HNA 1999, HSA quarterly meetings, and Haiku Hot Springs conferences. Founded the North Texas Haiku Society and edited the “Teacher Feature” in The Haiku Society of America Newsletter. Lives in Plano, Texas.