Jon Boyd is associate publisher and academic editorial director at InterVarsity Press (USA), where he has served since 2012. He is the saxophonist in an improvisational rock band, a backcountry hiker, a user of mechanical typewriters and postage stamp, and (with his wife, their daughters, and their cats) a resident of the City of Chicago. He previously worked at North Park University, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, and Encyclopædia Britannica. He holds a PhD in history from the Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Hebrew Bible from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a BA in history from the University of Michigan.