A reading and discussion on writing spiritual autobiography — Lauren Winner and Patton Dodd
Lauren Winner, Author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath
Patton Dodd, Author of My Faith So Far, A Story of Conversion and Confusion
Lauren F. Winner, the former book editor for Beliefnet, is the author of three books,
Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and, most recently, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written forThe 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, 2002, 2004, and 2006. 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 Durham, North Carolina, with her husband, Griff Gatewood.
Patton Dodd, the Protestant Editor for Beliefnet, is a PhD candidate in Religion and Literature in the Boston University Division of Religious and Theological Studies working on a dissertation that explores biblical literalism in contemporary American fiction. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, Newsweek, Christianity Today, The Shambhala Sun and Books & Culture. He lives in Colorado with his wife Michaela and their children Isabel and Henry.