Henry MillsteinI'm Brooklyn-born, but a Left Coaster by choice and adoption-my heart is in Oregon, but my life now is in San Jose, California, which advertises itsself as the capital of Silicon Valley but, fortunately for me, is surrounded by a good many square mils of open space where I can run my dog. I write because I have to. Whenever I try to move away, words and stories always call me back. I'm blessed with a wonderful family, both nuclear and extended. My wife is a United Methodist pastor and my daughter is a student at the University of California at Davis, majoring in political science. Which reminds me: I'm surely among the world's most overeducated person. I have a B.A. in classics (Latin and Greek) from Reed College, an M.F.A. in playwriting from Carnegie-Mellon University, and a Ph.D. (Permanent Head damage) in Jewish Studies from a joint program at the University of California Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union. Oh, and my wife Rebecca has a Ph.D. in theology from the GTU-in fact, she's the one who dragged me down from Oregon to California. I'm grateful too for the decades I have spent with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon, helping them develop a program to maintain their languages and culture; I'm currently working on a dictionary of the language they call Ichishkiin. And I'm also blessed to be working for Islamic Networks Group, a Muslim-founded interfaith organization working to combat bigotry and racism in all their forms. Finally-though this should really go at the top-I'm a practicing Catholic Christian and a passionate social justice advocate and organizer. I could say more about myself, but you'll be better off reading my books, the first of which, Speaker for the God, is now available. Read More Read Less