About the Author

Dr. Rebecca Price Janney is a theologically trained historian and author of sixteen books including Who Goes There? A Cultural History of Heaven and Hell, Great Women in American History, Great Stories in American History, Harriet Tubman, and two young adult series as well as hundreds of articles in magazines and newspapers.A graduate of Lafayette College and Princeton Seminary, Rebecca received her doctorate from Biblical Seminary. She resides with her husband and son in suburban Philadelphia.