Stafford Betty, brought up Catholic in Alabama, earned his Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University, where he specialized in Asian religious thought and Sanskrit. In 2020 he retired from California State University, Bakersfield, where he was a professor of religious studies. In 2011 he published The Afterlife Unveiled, the first of his afterlife books. Heaven and Hell Unveiled and When Did You Ever Become Less by Dying? followed. He also writes fiction. In 2020 White Crow published The Afterlife Therapist, a novel set in the afterlife. He has published thirteen books and numerous articles ranging from scholarly articles (needed for tenure and promotion) to popular essays on hot-button issues. His futurist novel The Womanpriest, which tells the story of the first female pope, will appear in 2023.
