Patty Pell (M.A., Old Testament Studies, Denver Seminary) is a staff worker with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado and at Christ Community Church in Greeley, Colorado. She is the author of Esther and Hospitality in the LifeGuide® Bible Study series and a coauthor of Small Group Leaders' Handbook.
N. T. (Tom) Wright, formerly bishop of Durham in England, is research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He previously taught at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. He is the author of dozens of books, including Surprised by Hope, The Challenge of Jesus and Small Faith--Great God.