C. Boyd Pfeiffer is an internationally-known award-winning journalist writing for the "Baltimore Sun," "Washington Post," "Washington Times" and "Baltimore Examiner" and several magazines; he has authored 30 books. He writes a regular column on the Internet entitled "Religious Skepticism Examiner." Boyd has received dozens of awards for his writing.

His interest in religion stems from his childhood background in a Protestant faith and continued as skepticism when he reached his teens. At Gettysburg College he was taught the "official" history of the bible; he has been self-educating ever since, reading extensively on religion, atheism, philosophy and history.