Chris Anderson is a professor of English at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, and a Catholic deacon. He grew up in Spokane, Washington, and has published a number of books, most recently, Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything (Eerdmans, 2016). He and his wife, Barb, live on the edge of the university research forest north of Corvallis with their two dogs, Pip and Shy.