By Jana Riess and Christopher Kimball Bigelow

"Written in a refreshing style that won't confuse members of other faiths, this book presents what may be one of the best overall views of the LDS faith out there. For LDS readers, it can serve as a catalyst to examine personal beliefs and practices. For prospective full-time LDS missionaries, this would be a nice book to cram with."
—Lynn Arave, Deseret Morning News

"I found this book an easily approachable, ready source of straight answers, which aren't always easy to tease out of people deeply committed to their faith, who want to portray it as positively as possible. The authors address the many nuances of LDS thought honestly and straightforwardly."
—Pastor Paul Olsen
Tree of Life Lutheran Church
Provo, Utah

About the Authors
Jana Riess, PhD, is the Religion Book Review Editor for Publishers Weekly magazine and is also the author of The Spiritual Traveler: Boston and New England (HiddenSpring) and What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide (Jossey-Bass). She holds degrees in religion from Wellesley College and Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in American religious history from Columbia University. She is frequently interviewed by the media on trends in religion and publishing. A convert to the LDS Church, Riess has spoken at Brigham Young University Women's Conference and other Mormon gatherings, as well as professional conferences. She lives in Ohio with her husband and daughter.

The great-great-great-grandson of a Mormon apostle with more than forty wives, Christopher Kimball Bigelow served an LDS mission in Melbourne, Australia, and worked as an editor at the LDS Church's official Ensign magazine. A graduate of Emerson College and Brigham Young University, he cofounded and edited the Mormon literary magazine Irreantum and the satirical Mormon newspaper The Sugar Beet. His books include The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer; Kindred Spirits, a novel; Conversations with Mormon Authors; and the forthcoming Timechart History of Mormonism. A Hodgkin?s disease survivor and the oldest of ten siblings, he lives with his wife and five children in Provo, Utah. He can be reached at chrisbigelow@gmail.com.