Age: 69
Education: Oxford University
Career: Entered convent at 18 and later left the order. English teacher. Writer, commentator since 1982.
Selected bibliography
• "The First Christian: St. Paul's Impact on Christianity" (1983)
• "The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West" (1986)
•"Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World" (1988)
• "A History of God" (1993)
• "Islam: A Short History" (2000)
• "The Battle for God" (2000)
• "Buddha" (2001)
• "Faith After 11 September" (2002)
• "The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions" (2006)
• "The Bible: The Biography" (2007)
• "The Case for God" (2009)
