BRUCE FEILER is the New York Times best-selling author of six books, an award-winning journalist and speaker. He has traveled to over sixty countries, on five continents, immersing himself in different cultures. The result is six acclaimed books that take the reader along on his fascinating adventures and bring other worlds vividly to life.

LEARNING TO BOW, published in 1991, is his best-selling, humorous account of the year he spent teaching in a small Japanese town. LOOKING FOR CLASS brings to life the world's most prestigious academic institutions, Oxford and Cambridge. UNDER THE BIG TOP depicts the turbulent, engrossing year he spent performing as a clown in the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. And DREAMING OUT LOUD relates his all-access adventures on the road with Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, and other top stars in country music.

His most recent work explores the parallels between religion, geography, and the emotional issues of our time. WALKING THE BIBLE: A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses describes his perilous, 10,000-mile journey retracing the greatest stories ever told through the desert. The book was hailed as an "instant classic" by the Washington Post and "thoughtful, informed, and perceptive" by The New York Times. Named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, it spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and will be the subject of an upcoming children's book and PBS documentary.

His latest work, ABRAHAM: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths recounts his personal search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. "Exquisitely written," wrote the Boston Globe, "100 percent engaging." The book was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, became a runaway New York Times bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, beliefnet.com, and Publishers Weekly. It inspired thousands of grassroots interfaith discussions around the world and will be an upcoming PBS documentary.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Bruce Feiler writes frequently for the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Gourmet, where he is a contributing editor. He is also a contributor to National Public Radio. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge Universities, he has received the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Excellence in Music Journalism, the Culinary Professionals Award for Excellence in Food Journalism, and three James Beard Awards for writing about food and restaurants. He has also been the subject of Jay Leno joke and a JEOPARDY! question, and his face appears on a postage stamp in the Grenadines.

He lives in New York City. Buy the book