Rod Dreher is a journalist and author of five books, including the New York Times best-sellers The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, The Benedict Option, and Live Not by Lies. He also serves as a senior editor at The American Conservative magazine. Rod formerly served as a film critic and news columnist for the New York Post, an opinion columnist and editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News, and a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He and his wife, Julie, have three children and live in Baton Rouge, La.