Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times bestselling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Her book Learning to Walk in the Dark was featured on the cover of Time magazine. She has served on the faculties of Piedmont College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and the Certificate in Theological Studies program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, Georgia. In 2014 Time included her on its annual list of Most Influential People; in 2015 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year; in 2016 she received the President's Medal at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Mercer University.
