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Sue Thomas (born 1951) is an internationally-recognised English author and researcher. Writing since the late 1980s, she has used first fiction and then nonfiction to explore the impact of computers and the internet on everyday life. In 2013 she coined the term technobiophilia to describe the innate tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes as they appear in technology; her work now focuses on the connections between digital life, nature and well-being.

From 2005-7 she led the development of the concept of transliteracy, "the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks".

Her most recent book is Technobiophilia: nature and cyberspace. The non-fiction travelogue of cyberspace Hello World: travels in virtuality was published in 2004. Her first novel Correspondence was short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1992 and the Arthur C Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1993. She has published extensively in both print and online, and has initiated numerous online writing projects.

Sue Thomas (born May 24, 1950) is an American woman who became the first deaf person to work as an undercover specialist doing lip-reading of suspects for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Early life

Sue was born on May 24, 1950 in Boardman, Ohio. At the age of 18 months, she became profoundly deaf. The explanation of this phenomenon is not definitely known. At the age of seven, Sue became the youngest Ohio State Champion free-style skater in skating history. Speech therapists helped her develop her voice and she also became an expert lip reader.

Education

As the only deaf child in her public school district, Sue was misunderstood by her teachers. Although she sat in the front row so that she could see the lips of her teachers, much of what happened in the classroom was lost to her. Kids tormented her in the hallways and on the playground. But in spite of her difficulties in classrooms, Thomas graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts with a degree in Political Science and International Affairs.

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the network.

Premise

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is loosely based on the real life experience of Sue Thomas, a deaf woman whose ability to read lips landed her a job with an elite surveillance team at the FBI.

Production

The series was created by Dave Alan Johnson and Gary R. Johnson for Pebblehut Productions. They also created Doc starring Billy Ray Cyrus for PAX. Yuri Yakubiw was the cinematographer and Bill Layton was the art director. Though set in Washington D.C., except for some exterior scenery shots, all the episodes were shot in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and more than half of the cast and production crew were Canadian.

The series was once known as Lip Service. The show's theme song is "Who I Am", which is sung by Jessica Andrews and was written by Brett James and Troy Verges.