Susan Olasky
Susan Northway Olasky | |
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| Born | Susan Northway 1954 (age 69–70) Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) University of Delaware (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, teacher |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Known for | Historical novels |
| Notable work | More Than Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing |
| Board member of | Care Net |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Susan Northway Olasky (born 1954) is an American journalist and the author of eight historical novels for children.
Youth and education[edit]
Born Susan Northway[1] in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 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.[citation needed] 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[edit]
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.[2] 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 1,050 crisis pregnancy centers.[3]
Olasky began writing for World in 1995 and in 1997, achieved notoriety for several cover stories reporting on a controversial gender-neutral Bible translation.[4]
In recent years, Olasky has served as World’s book editor and senior writer. She has authored the Annie Henry and Will Northaway series of historical novels, in each case using a Revolutionary War setting.
On September 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.[5]
Books[edit]
- More Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing (1990 with Marvin Olasky) ISBN 978-0891075844
- Annie Henry and the Secret Mission (1995) ISBN 978-1596383746
- Annie Henry and the Birth of Liberty (1995) ISBN 978-1596383753
- Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger (1996) ISBN 978-1596383760
- Annie Henry and the Redcoats (1996) ISBN 978-1596383777
- Will Northaway and the Quest for Liberty (2004) ISBN 978-1581344752
- Will Northaway and the Fight for Freedom (2004) ISBN 978-1581344769
- Will Northaway and the Gathering Storm (2005) ISBN 978-1581344783
- Will Northaway and the Price of Loyalty (2005) ISBN 978-1581344776
References[edit]
- ^ Grann, David (12 September 1999). "Where W. Got Compassion". The New York Times.
- ^ "- Susan Olasky". Patrick Henry College. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ^ Care Net website Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anderson, G.W. (2002). "Today's NIV: Yesterday's problems revisited today". Trinitarianbiblesociety.org. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ Archive of Jeopardy questions
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- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
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- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century evangelicals
- American children's writers
- American magazine editors
- American women academics
- American women children's writers
- American women journalists
- American women novelists
- American writers of young adult literature
- Crisis pregnancy centers
- American Evangelical writers
- Novelists from Michigan
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- Patrick Henry College faculty
- People from Royal Oak, Michigan
- University of Delaware alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- American women magazine editors
- American women writers of young adult literature