Walter Wangerin Jr

With fans numbering in the millions, Walter Wangerin, Jr. is widely recognized as one of todays most gifted writers on issues of faith and spirituality.  Beginning with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, Wangerins writing career has encompassed almost every genre: fiction, essay, spirituality, childrens stories, and biblical exposition.Wangerin has won the National Book Award, the New York Times Best Childrens Book of the Year Award, and several Gold Medallion Awards, including best fiction awards for both The Book of God and Paul: A Novel.  Wangerins most recent work, TheThird Book of the Dun Cow: Peace at the Last, released in September, 2013, is the long awaited conclusion to the Book of the Dun Cow trilogy.Wangerin was speaker for the Lutheran Vespers radio program from 1994 through January 2005, and prior to joining Valparaisos faculty he served as an inner-city pastor in Evansville, Indiana for 16 years.  The author of more than forty books, Wangerin lives in Valparaiso, Indiana where he is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.