Jana Riess is the author, co-author, or editor of nine books, including Flunking Sainthood, What Would Buffy Do?, American Pilgrimage, and The Writer’s Market Guide to Getting Published. She holds degrees in religion from Wellesley College and Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University.
Riess speaks often to media about issues pertaining to religion in America, and has been interviewed by the Associated Press, Time, Newsweek, People, the Boston Globe, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsday, among other print publications, as well as “Voice of America,” the Today show, MSNBC, and NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “Tell Me More,” and “Talk of the Nation.” She blogs every week day for the Religion News Service.
