Michael R. Ash is a veteran staff member of the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR), a former weekly columnist for the Mormon Times (Salt Lake City, Deseret News), and has presented several papers at LDS-related symposiums. Ash is the author of "Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Supporting the Prophet Joseph Smith," "Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One's Testimony if the Face of Criticism and Doubt," "Bamboozled by the CES Letter," and "Rethinking Revelation and the Human Element in Scripture: The Prophet's Role as Creative Co-Author. Ash has written hundreds of articles defending the faith which have been published by FAIR, FARMS, Sunstone, Dialogue, the Ensign (official LDS magazine) and on several LDS websites.