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Susan Olasky

Susan is a book reviewer, story coach, feature writer and editor for WORLD. She has authored eight historical novels for children and teaches twice a year at World Journalism Institute. Susan resides with her husband, Marvin, in Austin, Texas. Follow her on Twitter @susanolasky.

Recent nonfiction books

Books
by Susan Olasky
Posted 5/22/17, 09:28 pm

Scratch 

Manjula Martin

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Shaping a child’s character

Children’s Books | Picture Book of the Year: An orphan and a town transformed by goodness and beauty
by Susan Olasky
Posted 4/11/17, 06:51 pm

WORLD’s selection of 2017 Children’s Books of the Year spans three categories: picture books, middle-grade novels, and middle-grade nonfiction. For the past six months six WORLD staffers and advisers have been on the hunt for the Picture Book of the Year—an artistically excellent book that entertains children and points them to the good, the true, and the beautiful. We found many books with lovely illustrations, but finding quality stories was harder.

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Religiously themed books

Books
by Douglas Flanders, Jenny Lind Schmitt, Kim Henderson & Susan Olasky
Posted 2/27/17, 09:54 am

Church in Hard Places: How the Local Church Brings Life to the Poor and Needy

Mez McConnell & Mike McKinley 

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Four recent novels

Books

Susan Olasky | 2/16/17, 11:25 am

Thin Air 

Ann Cleeves

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Freedom seekers

Black History Month | Four picture books on black history

Susan Olasky | 1/19/17, 11:31 am

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis 

Jabari Asim

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Black History Month picks

Black History Month

Susan Olasky | 1/18/17, 07:11 pm

Homegoing 

Yaa Gyasi

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Four books about place

Books

Susan Olasky | 11/21/16, 05:37 pm

A House Without Windows 

Nadia Hashimi

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Four recent crime novels

Books

Susan Olasky | 11/09/16, 02:00 pm

Closed Casket 

Sophie Hannah

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A food & fuel Thanksgiving

Economy | The producers of our daily bread and energy contend with nature, and sometimes governments that take their production for granted

Susan Olasky & Marvin Olasky | 11/08/16, 09:17 am

Like most Americans today, we grew up in cities and suburbs, with food and fuel coming from supermarkets and gas stations. We did not think about our dependence on a relatively small number of farmers and energy providers. Politicians call themselves “public servants,” but our real servants risk their livelihoods each week to bring us what we rarely think about and often take for granted.

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Four Christian books

Books

Melinda Taylor, Elizabeth Tracy, Gary Bauman & Susan Olasky | 8/19/16, 01:00 am

The Truth About Lies: The Unlikely Role of Temptation in Who You Will Become

Tim Chaddick

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