About Susy

Susy Flory grew up on the back of a quarter horse in Northern California. She took degrees from UCLA in English and psychology, and has a background in journalism, education, and communications.

She first started writing at the Newhall Signal with the legendary Scotty Newhall, an ex-editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and a one-legged cigar-smoking curmudgeon who ruled the newsroom from behind a dented metal desk where he pounded out stories on an Underwood Typewriter. She taught high school English and journalism, then quit in 2004 to write full time, working for publications such as Focus on the Family, Guideposts Books, and Today’s Christian Woman. Susy’s first book, Fear Not Da Vinci, was co-written with Gini Monroe and published in 2006.

She’s 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.

Susy’s newest book is So Long Status Quo: What I Learned From Women Who Changed the World (Beacon Hill, 2009). So Long Status Quo chronicles Susy’s journey when, inspired by nine amazing women such as Mother Teresa, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mary Magdalene, she decided to get up off her comfy couch and try to change the world, starting in her own backyard.  Adventure and self-discovery ensued, ranging from a secret humanitarian mission to Cuba to learning how to weld,  and from going on a fast to trading her jewelry for water.

Susy lives in Castro Valley with her husband, Robert, and their two children. In addition to writing books and articles, Susy serves at her local church and is a popular speaker and blogger.

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