Kathryn Lindskoog plunged into an independent academic-honors project on C. S. Lewis in 1954, met him in 1956, & has been writing & teaching about him ever since. Although crippled with progressive multiple sclerosis, she has taught literature courses at several colleges as well as New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary & Fuller Seminary. Lewis originally opened the door to George MacDonald & Dante for her, & that has now led to this extraordinary array of discoveries about all three. Kathryn Lindskoog is a prolific writer, teacher, and literary critic. She is probably best known for her book "C. S. Lewis: Mere Christian," an examination of the work of Lewis, who wrote to her, "You know my work better than anyone else I've met: certainly better than I do myself." Among her twenty-one other books are "Creative Writing for People Who Can't Not Write" and the three-volume "Dante's Divine Comedy: Journey to Joy. "The mother of two grown children, she lives in California with her husband. Ranelda Mack Hunsicker, a former elementary and high school teacher, is now a freelance