Freelance author and speaker Deirdre LaNoue is a graduate of the first cohort of the Renovaré Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Baylor University and is an Adjunct Professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation at Logsdon Seminary. In 2000, her highly-acclaimed biography and study of Henri Nouwen, The Spiritual Legacy of Henri Nouwen, was published by Continuum International Publishing group (reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic). In her spare time, she enjoys reading, hiking, and golf.