Suzanne Venker

Suzanne Venker is an author and mother of two school-age children. A former classroom teacher with an Education degree, Suzanne taught in public and private schools on the East Coast and in St. Louis, MO, where she now lives. She graduated from Boston University in 1990.

Suzanne writes serious nonfiction on social and cultural issues. Her writing tends toward the provocative, or “politically incorrect” – as evident by the publication of her first book, 7 Myths of Working Mothers: Why Children and (Most) Careers Just Don’t Mix (Spence Publishing, 2004), which argues that young children and demanding careers are incompatible. Her book was listed on Human Events’ 2004 guide to Best Conservative Books and was featured in American Enterprise, Townhall.com, and National Review. (It was also blacklisted in the April 2004 edition of Glamour.) In 2007, 7 Myths became available in Europe and has been translated into several languages.

Suzanne has appeared on CNN, FOX, C-Span, PAX, and EWTN -- as well as hundreds of radio shows throughout the country -- and has spoken at various women’s groups, including the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute. In 2006 Suzanne was featured in Kate O’Beirne’s Women Who Make the World Worse. (Thankfully, Suzanne is not among the list of women noted for “making the world worse.”) Her work has appeared in National Review and The Wall Street Journal.

You can visit Suzanne's website and daily blog at www.suzannevenker.com.