Susan Olasky

Susan Olasky (born August 30, 1954) is a senior writer for World magazine and the author of eight historical novels for children.

Youth and education

Born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Olasky attended the University of Michigan where her liberal beliefs found a home on the Impeach Nixon campaign. After graduation in 1976, Olasky married Marvin Olasky, moved to California and became an evangelical. In 1983, Olasky received an M.A. in Urban Affairs from the University of Delaware in Newark Delaware, where she was a volunteer counselor at a crisis pregnancy center.

Career and works

Upon moving to Texas in 1983, Olasky founded the Austin Crisis Pregnancy Center and co-authored a number of articles opposing abortion as well as a book, "More Than Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing". Olasky also wrote a regular column for the West Austin News during this time period. In the 1990s Olasky chaired the board of Care Net, a national network of more than 1050 crisis pregnancy centers. [ http://www.care-net.org/index.html Care Net website]

Olasky began writing for World in 1995 and in 1997 achieved notoriety for several cover stories reporting on a controversial gender-netural Bible translation. [cite web |last = Anderson
first = G.W.
year = 2002
url = http://www.trinitarianbiblesociety.org/site/articles/tniv.asp
title = Today’s NIV: Yesterday’s problems revisited today
publisher = Trinitarianbiblesociety.org
accessdate = 2008-01-05] In recent years, Olasky has served as World’s book editor, in which capacity she now reviews approximately 130 books each year. She has authored the Annie Henry and Will Northaway series of historical novels, in each case using a Revolutionary War setting.

On Sept. 22, 2006, an $800 Jeopardy clue – “Susan Olasky has written a kids’ series about the adventures of Annie, daughter of this fiery Virginia orator” – was a triple stumper. [http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1255 Archive of Jeopardy questions]

Books

*"More Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing" (1990 with Marvin Olasky)
*"Annie Henry and the Secret Mission" (1995)
*"Annie Henry and the Birth of Liberty" (1995)
*"Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger" (1996)
*"Annie Henry and the Redcoats" (1996)
*"Will Northaway and the Quest for Liberty" (2004)
*"Will Northaway and the Fight for Freedom" (2004)
*"Will Northaway and the Gathering Storm" (2005)
*"Will Northaway and the Price of Loyalty" (2005)

External links

*www.worldmag.com
*www.worldontheweb.com

References