Description

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C.S. "Jack" Lewis: accomplished author, famed creator of fantasy worlds, and the 20th Century's most eloquent defender of Christianity. Little do most people know that he was once an entrenched atheist. This play by Kennedy Center award-winning playwright Mahonri Stewart recounts the powerful spiritual journey of the "most reluctant convert in all of England," as he grapples with bold figures of faith like J.R.R. Tolkien and a god who hunts his soul relentlessly. Yet the worth of that soul is manifest in a struggle that will create a legendary legacy. The volume also includes Stewart's speech about C.S. Lewis: "It is the Myth That Gives Life.

About the Author

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Mahonri Stewart is an award winning writer and educator. He has written over two dozen plays, most of which have been produced throughout the U.S. and Europe, including productions in Los Angeles, Scotland, and Switzerland. In 2004, his premiere play Farewell to Eden won the Kennedy Center's American College Theater Festival's National Playwriting Award (Second Place) and their National Selection Team Fellowship Award. Since then he has also received numerous other awards and honors for his plays, and continues to expand his writing into various mediums, including screenplays, graphic novels, poetry, and novels.