Susy Flory
Susy Flory grew up on the back of a quarter horse in an outdoorsy family in Northern California. She attended Biola University and UCLA, where she took degrees in English and Psychology. She has a background in journalism, education, and communications. Her first book, Fear Not Da Vinci: How to Use the Best-selling Novel to Share Your Faith,was co-written with Gini Monroe and published by Living Ink Books/AMG in 2006.
Her latest book, So Long Status Quo: What I Learned From Women Who Changed the World (Beacon Hill, 2009) features amazing women of history freshly portrayed with journalistic style: Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Austen, Harriet Tubman, Mary Magdalene, and more. So Long Status Quo is the powerful story of how nine amazing historical women inspired Susy, a suburban mom, to get up off her couch and embark on a quest for something more. Venturing into unusual and even dangerous places, she followed their example and found herself serving needy children on a secret humanitarian mission to Cuba, feeding the homeless, sharing her faith in pagan communities, and selling her jewelry to fund freshwater wells in Sudan.
Susy is not afraid to dive into the trenches to experience firsthand whatever she’s writing about. If that means smuggling medical supplies into Cuba on a humanitarian trip or sitting down to coffee to talk about faith with a practicing witch, she’s there with a listening ear and notebook in hand. Her creative nonfiction features a first person journalistic style with a backbone of strong research.
In addition to writing books and articles, Susy serves at her local church, and is a popular speaker and blogger. She lives with her husband and two children in Castro Valley, California.
You can find out more about Susy at susyflory.com.