Roger McKnight is ProfessorEmeritusin Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, MN. He has degrees from Southern Illinois University and the University of Minnesota, and he completed studies at Gothenburg University in Sweden. A native of downstate Illinois, Roger has taught in Chicago, Stockholm, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is the author of several books, including the short story collection Hopeful Monsters and the documented book Severed Ties and Silenced Voices.