G. Lee Ramsey

Lee Ramsey, a native Georgian, graduated from high school in Savannah, Ga. and attended Emory and Vanderbilt University where he concentrated in English and Religious Studies. A United Methodist Minister, he currently teaches pastoral care and preaching at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. An avid fiction reader, Lee frequently combines the use of fiction, particularly southern fiction, in his teaching. His book, Preachers and Misfits, Prophets and Thieves: The Minister in Southern Fiction, was a 2009 "Take and Read" selection of the journal Christian Century.