The characters / Recurring character
Susannah Dean
Susannah Dean is recorded in 7 distinct storys.
The Drawing of the Three explicitly describes Susannah Dean emerging from Odetta Susannah Holmes and Detta Susannah Walker. The later scenes continue the same woman alongside Eddie and Roland, with her wheelchair and Mia-related pregnancy where relevant. Existing source review explicitly identifies Susannah as the integrated person emerging from Odetta Susannah Holmes and Detta Susannah Walker; these passages preserve that source-specific alias continuity.
Also recorded as Detta Walker, Odetta Holmes, Odetta Susannah Holmes.
Stories and supporting passages
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
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He paused only long enough to tip his cap to Odetta Holmes—who was almost invisible behind the smoked glass windows—in a soft and respectful salute.
The driver salutes Odetta inside the car.
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… the time since the accident it was, for the most part, still Odetta Holmes who was in control, but Detta Walker had come forward more and more, the thing Detta liked to do best was steal. It didn’t matter that her booty was always little more than junk, no more …
The account explains how Detta emerges while Odetta is usually in control.
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
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It was the right look, the one that said the kindling was burning well and soon the bigger logs would start to catch. “Yes. It was. Like it or not, it was Odetta Susannah Holmes, daughter of Sarah Walker Holmes. Not you as you are, but you as you were.
The Drawing of the Three explicitly connects Odetta Susannah Holmes and Detta Susannah Walker with Susannah Dean; the later books recall the same earlier identity.
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More crows called in the sky. Deep in the game which was no longer a game, neither of them noticed. “Oh yeah?” she breathed. “That so?” “It is. Now say your lesson, Susannah Dean, and be true.” This time the words fell from her lips like small chunks of ice.
Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
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Roland stared sternly forward, his head high, his hand on the butt of his gun. Susannah Dean raised her hand to her mouth and felt the small smile there as a woman might feel some strange new article of clothing—a hat, perhaps—to make sure it is still on straight.
Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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The narrator recounts Odetta’s former life in the sixties.
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Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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Susannah remembers her former life as Odetta and sometimes Detta.
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Detta speaks during Susannah’s internal exchange.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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Roland identifies Moses Carver through his connection to Odetta as godfather.
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Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.
The Wind Through the Keyhole
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“But why—” Susannah began, and then her wheelchair hit a bump. She turned to Eddie. “Watch where you’re pushin me, sugar.” “Sorry,” Eddie said. “Public Works hasn’t been doing any maintenance along this stretch of the turnpike lately. Must be dealing with budget cuts.”
Susannah rides in her wheelchair while Eddie pushes it and replies to her, within the continuing ka-tet narrative frame.