Philip Yancey is one of the most popular and acclaimed Christian writers of our day. His searching and refreshingly honest books have encouraged and inspired millions of people around the world. He writes with a journalist’s eye for detail, irony and honest scepticism. Yancey spent most of his adult years in Chicago, writing for a wide variety of magazines including Reader’s Digest, Saturday Evening Post, National Wildlife and Christianity Today. He’s interviewed diverse people enriched by their personal faith – like President Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity Founder Millard Fuller and Humanitarian Dame Cicely Saunders. He earned graduate degrees in Communication and English from Wheaton College and the University of Chicago