My personal favorite
nonfiction author. Wrote
Losing Faith In Faith, one of the best
books on
atheism I've ever encountered. Dan Barker is an ex-
fundamentalist, which gives him an extra perspective on
Christianity that many
atheist writers lack. His book details his
conversion (or should it be
deconversion?) from devout
Christian to one of
America's preeminent
freethinkers.
He has appeared on the
Oprah Winfrey show on many occasions as the "
token atheist".
He is currently the
Public Relations Director of the
Freedom From Religion Foundation (http://www.ffrf.org).