Steven Church’s first book, The Guinness Book of Me: a Memoir of Record, was released in 2005 by Simon & Schuster. Born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, Professor Church earned his BA in philosophy and his MFA in Creative Writing. He has also worked as a fry cook, a tour guide, a Bobcat operator, a maintenance man, a housepainter, a barista, a conflict mediator, an academic adviser, and a teacher.