Ronald L. Ecker received his B.A. in English at the University of Florida, and served for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru. He earned a Master of Library Science degree at Florida State University, and did postgraduate work in biblical studies at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. His other books include the DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE AND CREATIONISM and THE EVOLUTIONARY TALES: RHYME AND REASON ON CREATION/EVOLUTION. His modern-English translation (with Eugene J. Crook) of Geoffrey Chaucer's THE CANTERBURY TALES is a widely adopted text in college and university literature courses.