Lauren Winner

Lauren F. Winner, the former book editor for Beliefnet, has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, and Christianity Today. Her essays have been included in The Best Christian Writing 2000 and The Best Christian Writing 2002. Winner has degrees from Columbia and Cambridge universities and is currently at work on her doctorate in the history of American religion. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband, Griff Gatewood. Her favorite color is cranberry, and she hopes to soon adopt a cat.