Christopher de Vinck, a husband, father, and grandfather, earned his doctoral degree from Columbia University and devoted 40 years to his career in public education. This is his 21st book. His previous books have been published by HarperCollins, Doubleday, MacMillan, Hodder, Crossroads, Paulist Loyola, and Upper Room. Over 200 of Christopher's op/ed essays have been published in: The New York Times, Readers Digest The Wall Street Journal, , The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The NJ Record, The Dallas Morning News, The National Catholic Reporter, The Chicago Tribune Good Housekeeping and USA Today, Christopher is a contributing columnist for The Dallas Morning News. He is author of Ashes (HarperCollins); Mr. Nicholas (Paraclete Press); The Power of the Powerless (Hodderz) (Doubleday) Augusta & Trab (Macmillan); (HaperCollins) (Crossroad Books)