Paul Copan (Ph.D., philosophy, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University (Florida). He has authored or edited over forty books, both popular-level and scholarly. His books include: True for You, But Not for Me, Is God a Moral Monster? Understanding the Old Testament God, and its successor volume Is God a Vindictive Bully? Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments. He has served as President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society and has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. He and his wife Jacqueline have six children. His website is paulcopan.

com.