Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner is a highly influential writer and theologian whose work spans poetry, short stories, novels, and theological writings.
A Princeton graduate, he later studied at Union Theological Seminary under notable theologians such as Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich.
His 1955 short story "The Tiger" won the O. Henry Prize.
He spent nine years teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy, where John Irving was among his students.
His novel Godric was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
A pioneer of spiritual memoir, Buechner's central theological theme involves finding God in everyday life, influencing writers like Anne Lamott and Rob Bell.
