Olson's first book ''Will Catholics Be "Left Behind? A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers
was published by Ignatius Press in 2003. His second book The Da Vinci Hoax was co-authored with Sandra Miesel and was published in June 2004. He also wrote the Introduction to Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy
(Ignatius Press, 2008), which was co-authored by Miesel and Pete Vere. His third book Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? Questions and Answers About the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus
was published in 2016, as well as Called To Be the Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Human Deification'', which he co-edited with Fr. David Vincent Meconi, S.J. Olson is the editor of
The Catholic World Report and
Ignatius Insight, the online magazine of
Ignatius Press. He is a frequent contributor to the Catholic newspaper
Our Sunday Visitor, for which he writes a weekly Scripture column titled "Opening the Word." He has written hundreds of articles, book reviews, and columns for a variety of periodicals and newspapers, including
First Things,
National Catholic Register, and
Catholic Answers Magazine. In addition to his writing, Olson has appeared on
Fox,
BBC Radio,
CNN,
EWTN, and other television and radio networks. Olson lives in
Eugene, Oregon, with his wife and two children. == Books ==