About Author

Helen Prejean, C. S. J., is a writer, lecturer, and community organizer who was born in Baton Rouge and has lived and worked in Louisiana all her life. Her groundbreaking firsthand account of the death penalty,�Dead Man Walking,�has been adapted into a movie, an opera, and a play for high schools and colleges. She is also the author of�The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions. She has lectured extensively on the subject of capital punishment and has appeared on�60 Minutes, NBC�s�Today Show,�NPR�s�Weekend Edition�and�Fresh Air, PBS�s�Frontline, BBC World Service radio, and an NBC special series on the death penalty. She has received honorary degrees from colleges and universities across the United States. She is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph.