Suzi Prozanski, author of the book Fruit of the Sixties, the Founding of the Oregon Country Fair, has attended the fair since 1984. To document the fair's beginning, she interviewed more than 300 fair participants and researched archived newspapers files, early fair records, and other sources. The book intertwines numerous short stories derived from the interviews and research into a compelling tale of the fair's founding years.

A journalist for more than two decades, Suzi worked for the Houston Post and the Register-Guard in Eugene, and has taught courses in reporting and copy editing as an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. She has actively participated in the fair since 1989, when she helped with friend Gil Harrison's booth on Upper River Loop. Since then, she has volunteered on the Info Crew and with Fair Family News, and has served on the Jill Heiman Vision Fund committee.