Michael Blanding is an investigative journalist and best-selling author of The Map Thief, In Shakespeare’s Shadow, and the upcoming The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (PublicAffairs, July 14, 2026).

The book is a revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence—and fortune—to push a radical religious agenda. They have propped up evangelical education through donations money and land; funneled millions of dollars to organizations working to overturn Roe v. Wade and to undermine LGBTQ rights; successfully fought a Supreme Court case to deny employees insurance coverage for contraception; and acquired looted, stolen, and forged artifacts from the Middle East to stock their multimillion-dollar Museum of the Bible. In a riveting exposé, Blanding traces the pivotal role the Green family has played in funding and empowering America’s dangerous, ascendant Christian nationalist movement.