Fulkerson, William Miller: - William Miller Fulkerson is retired as the director of the Department of Refugee and Immigration Ministries of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is a native of Illinois and has pastored churches in Illinois and Kentucky. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University (BA and MA) with studies in Spanish, Romance languages, and linguistic anthropology. He also has a degree in Bible and a DMin from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. His focus was on social work and he is licensed in this field.

He lives with his family in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where he enjoys gardening, reading mysteries, music, and travel. This is his first book.