Dan CryerDan Cryer, a former book critic at Newsday and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of Being Alive and Having to Die: The Spiritual Odyssey of Forrest Church. He has contributed to The Salon.Com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors and Good Roots Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio, and to many publications, including The New Republic, Salon, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. He lives in New York City. Read More Read Less