- was born outside of New York City and grew up in Southern California.
- holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama from the University of California at San Diego and a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
- has served as a pastor in California, South Carolina and Pennsylvania.
- is the President of Will Vaus Ministries since 1988.
- is the author of Mere Theology: A Guide to the Thought of C. S. Lewis, My Father Was a Gangster: The Jim Vaus Story, and The Professor of Narnia: The C. S. Lewis Story.
- and his wife, Becky, have been married since 1988 and have three sons: James, Jonathan and Joshua.
- has a website about his books and ministry at: www.willvaus.com
Colin Manlove is a writer and literary critic, with a particular interest in fantasy works. His work, Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (1975), made a comprehensive study of the writers Charles Kingsley, George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Mervyn Peake, at a time when fantasy literature was yet to emerge as a subject worthy of academic treatment. Manlove went on to write and edit various other definitive works on Christian, English, Scottish and modern British fantasy, including The Impulse of Fantasy Literature (1982), Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present (1992), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Patterning of a Fantastic World (1993), Scottish Fantasy Literature: A Critical Survey (1994),The Fantasy Literature of England (1999), From Alice to Harry Potter: Children's Fantasy in England (2003), and An Anthology of Scottish Fantasy Literature (1996). His other publications include studies of Shakespeare, 17th and 18th century literature, science fiction and an introductory text for students of literature, entitled Critical Thinking: A Guide to Interpreting Literary Texts (1989).
Manlove taught English Literature at Edinburgh University for several years, where he received an honorary D. Litt in recognition of his pioneering research publications. Currently, he is working as a full-time writer and independent scholar, and has just completed a book looking at the Harry Potter books as literary works in contrast to previous critical studies in terms of their theology and symbology.
In his spare time Manlove is a major collector of minerals, which are displayed all over his house in Edinburgh. He is widowed, with two married sons and four grandchildren.
Manlove taught English Literature at Edinburgh University for several years, where he received an honorary D. Litt in recognition of his pioneering research publications. Currently, he is working as a full-time writer and independent scholar, and has just completed a book looking at the Harry Potter books as literary works in contrast to previous critical studies in terms of their theology and symbology.
In his spare time Manlove is a major collector of minerals, which are displayed all over his house in Edinburgh. He is widowed, with two married sons and four grandchildren.
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