Steve Leder is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. After receiving his degree in writing and graduating cum laude from Northwestern University, and spending time studying at Trinity College, Oxford University, Leder received a master's degree in Hebrew letters in 1986 and rabbinical ordination in 1987 from Hebrew Union College. He is the author of five books: The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things, More Money Than God Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul, and the bestsellers More Beautiful Than Before How Suffering Transforms Us, The Beauty of What Remains How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift, and For You When I Am Gone Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story.