Susie Shellenberger

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

Susie Shellenberger
Alma mater	Southern Nazarene University
Notable works	Brio, SUSIE Magazine

Career

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]

Honors and awards

Olivet Nazarene University awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.^[16]

Selected publications

• 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.