Executive Editor & Resident Madman

WARNING! You have entered the pretentious and egotistical zone! Readers sensitive to me-centric blather should look away now!

Josh Olds was born on the sweltering summer day of June 1, 1989, weighing in at only 2 lbs. 13 oz. Doctor’s predictions were dire. He would either not survive or be left with severe mental and physical handicaps. By the age of four, Josh was reading fluently and tumbling around the house. The only ill-effect he seemed to have was a rare disease that required he read Stories to stay alive.

As Josh got older, the size of the books grew in length and breadth and depth and he consumed more and better books until his disease was forgotten and only his addiction to reading remained. Feeding his addiction left Josh’s wallet empty but his mind full of useful knowledge and grand and wondrous Stories. But books! books! he was dying for a lack of new books! His shelves were full to overflowing but he needed the thrill of something new to stay alive. He needed a way to get more books.

His brilliant mind, strong from the hours of reading and absorbing information quickly concocted a masterful solution. He would become a book reviewer! Not only would it provide him with a reason to get more books, and justification to find time to read books, and perhaps even a chance to get free books, it would also allow him to do his second favorite thing: tell other people his opinion.

Aside from reading and reviewing, Josh is an avid Storyteller himself, having coauthored a volume of children’s Bible stories called Art and the Bible for Children with artist Barry Stebbing and serving as a contributing author to Ted Dekker’s special volume The Blood Book. Perhaps once the rigors of college life and the duties of research papers pass, there will be more time for fiction writing.

Josh is currently a seminary student at Liberty Theological Seminary Online, working on a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies, after which he will pursue a Masters of Arts in Pastoral Counseling. Josh feels this hits the two aspects of Jesus’ greatest command: Love God, love people.