Bishop, Robert Martin: - Robert Martin Bishop grew up in the 1960s in Bristol, Connecticut, the son and grandson of Lutheran pastors. In those days, suspicion and even a quiet animosity existed between the various faiths and churches in that relatively small town. Nuns in the Roman Catholic Church across the street from Bishop's Lutheran Church were forbidden by their priests to walk on the "Lutheran side of the street." This led him to ponder how such differences could be forgiven and resolved; this, in turn, started him wondering whether Satan's angels could also seek forgiveness. After retiring first from the corporate world and then from teaching high school, Bishop was finally able to write the novel that occupied his thoughts for decades. He is presently writing the sequel to this work.