Michael Hober­man teach­es Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture at Fitch­burg State Uni­ver­si­ty. He is a grad­u­ate of Reed Col­lege and received his PhD from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mass­a­chu­setts, Amherst. His pre­vi­ous books include New Israel/​New Eng­land: Jews and Puri­tans in Ear­ly Amer­i­ca. In 2010 he was a Ful­bright Senior Schol­ar at Utrecht Uni­ver­si­ty, in the Nether­lands. He lives in Shel­burne Falls, Massachusetts.