Janis Walker is the author of Alleluia! A Gospel Diary and several other books. She has a Master's degree in Theology from St. Patrick's Seminary and also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Janis was received into the Roman Catholic Church in a Chrism Mass for Christian Unity on May 13, 1998, in Rossi Chapel, at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos. She lives with her family in California and has a continuing interest in the ecclesial effects of the Oxford Movement and the legacy of Cardinal Newman.