Tom Montgomery Fate is the author of six books of nonfiction, including the recently published The Long Way Home: Detours and Discoveries; Steady and Trembling, a spiritual memoir; and Cabin Fever, a nature memoir. His essays have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Orion, Iowa Review, Fourth Genre, and various other journals and anthologies; and they regularly air on National Public Radio and Chicago Public Radio. A graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa and of Chicago Theological Seminary, he teaches creative writing at College of DuPage in suburban Chicago, where he also lives.