Susan Brinkmann OCDS

Susan Brinkmann, O.C.D.S., author and award winning journalist is a member of the Third Order of Discalced Carmelites. She is the Director of New Age Research for Women of Grace® and is a frequent guest on EWTN's Women of Grace® television show. She formerly worked as a Correspondent for the Catholic Standard & Times, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

In addition to two historical fiction novels published by HarperCollins, she is also the author of a book on Carmelite prayer entitled, With God Alone. Her book, The Kinsey Corruption, which details the fraudulent research of Alfred C. Kinsey was published by Ascension Press. Susan also published The Learn to Discern Compendium: Is It Christian or New Age? which has an imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Liguori Publications published the story of her conversion, entitled, We Need to Talk: God Speaks to a Modern Girl. Her most recent publication, which she co-authored with Johnnette Williams, is the Young Women of Grace Study Program which teaches girls ages 13+ about what it means to be authentically feminine. Her book, Day by Day in the Little Way, is the only daily devotional to St. Therese of Lisieux.

In December of 2024, Lioness Lost, the first of a six-book Christian fiction series for women was launched by Feminine Genius, an imprint of Viident Publications.

Her national journalism awards include the Bernadine-O'Connor Award for Pro-Life Journalism, the Eileen Egan Journalism Award from Catholic Relief Services, and numerous awards from the Catholic Press Association and the Philadelphia Press Association.