John L'Heureux is the prize-winning author of such works of fiction as
The Miracle, Having Everything,
The Shrine at Altamira, Comedians, An Honorable Profession, and
A Woman Run Mad. A former Jesuit priest (he left the order in 1971)
and contributing editor
to The Atlantic Monthly, he has
taught at Georgetown, Tufts, Harvard, and has for many years been
Professor of English
at Stanford University. His fiction is
marked by a wicked wit and a philosophical turn that rivals that of the
ancient Greeks and Monty Python. As a teacher of creative writing and
drama, he has been a major influence on such writers as
Ron Hansen, Harriet Doerr, Tobias Wolff, David Henry Hwang, and many more
of today's most highly praised writers.
"This is the point: God is absolutely
ironic. When you hear someone say, But why me? How could God let
this happen to me?, you can be sure you are listening to a person who
doesn't know about irony." — from "The Comedian"
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