About the Author

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John Milton (1608-1674) was an English Puritan and Poet, famous for writing the epic poem Paradise Lost, as well as for serving Oliver Cromwell's government during the English Civil War. Grant Horner is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Reformation Studies at The Master's University. He earned his M.A. at the University of Alabama and has done doctoral work at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. He is the author of the best-selling Meaning at the Movies. Grant is also one of just a few climbers to complete the notorious "Nose" route on El Capitan in less than 24 hours (and is the only one to have done so on his first visit to Yosemite Valley). Grant and his wife Joanne have three children and several grandchildren.