Don Ranney
Don has a B.A. (Anthropology) and M.D. from Toronto. He obtained his surgical qualification (FRCS) in England, where he served briefly as a medical officer with the British Special Air Service. “The India side of When Cobras Laugh is based on my 4 ½ years there as an orthopedic surgeon performing leprosy reconstructive surgery…and the mismatch I felt between the mission board’s policies and my view of God,” Don says. Back in Canada, he became Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, where he established the School of Anatomy and worked there for the next 30 years. He remains active in medical practice and pain research.
Ray Wiseman
Ray was born in England and has lived in Canada and South Africa. He spent two years in the pastorate and nearly five years in South Africa with a missionary society, returning home, shaken and disillusioned, but not defeated. For many years he edited Partners magazine, has written nearly 1,000 newspaper columns and features, and authored eight books, including best-selling Disciples of Joy, and award-winning Exploring God’s Route 66.
