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Susie Shellenberger

Susie Shellenberger is an American speaker, author, and magazine editor.

Susie Shellenberger
Alma materSouthern Nazarene University
Notable worksBrio, SUSIE Magazine

Career edit

Shellenberger has a bachelor's degree from Bethany Nazarene College (1978).[1] She taught high school speech and English teacher,[2] and was a youth pastor.[3] She created Brio, Focus on the Family's publication for teen girls in 1989,[4] and presented "realistic role models" while using magazines such as Seventeen magazine for ideas.[5] She edited the magazine throughout its 19 years of publication.[4] In 2001, she founded Brio and Beyond for girls aged 16 to 19.[3] For seven years she co-hosted a national weekly call-in radio show for teens, called Life on the Edge Live, also produced by Focus on the Family.[6] When Focus on the Family ceased publication of Brio, Shellenberger joined forces with marketing agency Premier Studios to create SUSIE Magazine, a monthly print magazine, in 2009.[7][4] Shellenberger shared the messages of the SUSIE brand with young people by speaking before music concerts played by ZOEgirl.[3]

She also led teens on mission trips to different countries, including Brazil,[8] Panama City,[3] and the Caribbean.[9] She has been featured as a keynote speaker for the Girls of Grace conferences[10] with Point of Grace and has also traveled as an opening act for singer Rebecca St. James.[11] Shellenberger has written multiple books, starting with There's a sheep in my mirror in 1985.[12] Her books have been reviewed by several newspapers[13][14] and by School Library Journal.[15]

Selected publications edit

  • Shellenberger, Susie (1985). There's a sheep in my mirror!. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 0-8341-1054-7. OCLC 12738694.
  • Johnson, Greg; Shellenberger, Susie (1991). Getting ready for the guy/girl thing : two ex-teens reveal the shocking truth about God's plan for success with the opposite sex. Ventura, Calif., U.S.A.: Regal Books. ISBN 0-8307-1485-5. OCLC 24211530.
  • Shellenberger, Susie (1995). Lockers, lunch lines, chemistry, and cliques. Greg Johnson. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers. ISBN 1-55661-483-7. OCLC 31938785.
  • Shellenberger, Susie (September 12, 2000). Dear Diary: A Girl's Book of Devotions. Zonderkidz.

Honors and awards edit

Olivet Nazarene University awarded her with their Centennial Award in 2000,[citation needed] and awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ "Youth revival services set at Nazarene Church". Telegraph-Forum. December 30, 1986. p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chief's contract renewed by Bethany school board". The Daily Oklahoman. January 10, 1986. p. 59. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Fry, Martha (March 28, 2004). "Magazine editor lends christian ear to teens". The Tampa Tribune. p. 38. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Hinton, Carla (June 6, 2009). "City resident creates girls magazine". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 75. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Bendroth, Margaret Lamberts; Brereton, Virginia Lieson; Brereton, Virginia (2002). Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism. University of Illinois Press. pp. 118, 122, 124. ISBN 978-0-252-06998-7.
  6. ^ "Susie Shellenberger Author Profile". New Release Tuesday. June 27, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  7. ^ "Teen Girl Magazine SUSIE Launches Despite Print Magazine Industry Decline". Marketing Weekly News. June 6, 2009 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ McCaffrey, Raymond (June 19, 1999). "Girl joins 300 in mission to needy areas of Brazil". The Gazette; Colorado Springs, Colo. [Colorado Springs, Colo]. pp. LIFE3 – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ Gresh, Dannah (July 1, 2011). Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty. Moody Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8024-7849-8.
  10. ^ "Saegertown chuch hosting 'Girls of Grace Nation'". The Titusville Herald. January 28, 2008. p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "Ready to rock the carols". The Daily Oklahoman. December 6, 1997. p. 18. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  12. ^ Shellenberger, Susie (1985). There's a sheep in my mirror!. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 0-8341-1054-7. OCLC 12738694.
  13. ^ Robinson, Erika (April 6, 1992). "Book helps teens deal with puberty". The Californian. p. 15. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  14. ^ Cochrum, Alan (November 4, 2000). "Book review". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 87. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  15. ^ Soulliere, Joan (November 1995). "Nonfiction -- Lockers, Lunch Lines, Chemistry, and Cliques: 77 Pretty Important Ideas on School Survival by Susie Shellenberger and Greg Johnson". School Library Journal. 41 (11): 132 – via EBSCOhost.
  16. ^ "Olivet awards Shellenberger with Lifetime Achievement Leadership Award". Olivet Nazarene University. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2010.

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