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Susan Wise Bauer (born 1968) is an American author, English instructor of writing and American literature at The College of William and Mary, and founder of Peace Hill Press.
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She holds a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, a Master of Arts in English and a Ph.D. in American Studies from The College of William and Mary. She received her B.A. from Liberty University. She has been a member of the English faculty at William and Mary since 1993.
She is the author of The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, a chronological walk through the greatest discoveries of science, published by W. W. Norton (2015); The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, a guide to reading the great books published by W. W. Norton (2003); a four-volume world history series for children, The Story of the World, published by Peace Hill Press; an elementary writing curriculum (Writing With Ease) and a pre-rhetoric program (Writing With Skill); and the first three volumes of an ongoing world history series for W. W. Norton. She co-authored, with her mother, Jessie Wise, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, published by W. W. Norton in 1999 and revised and updated it in 2004 and 2009. This text established Bauer as a central figure in the modern classical education and home education movements.
Susan Wise Bauer is also a contributing editor for the journal Books & Culture. Her essays on literature and American religion have been cited by such diverse authors as Randall Balmer and Jennifer Harris, and have also appeared in a number of anthologies.
She learned Latin at age 10 and also studied Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Korean. Her works have been translated and published in Korea by Theory & Praxis and Goldenbough/Minums; in the Netherlands by Uitgeverij Mozaiek (Zoetermeer); in Spain by Paidos; in China by Peking University Press; in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo; in Russia by AST Publishing Group; and in Bulgaria by Prozorets.
Her literary agent is Michael Carlisle of Inkwell Literary Management.
Additionally, Bauer homeschools four children and writes children's books; pro-religion and homeschooling stances are themes in some of her work