Daniel McInerny is associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. He is author of the novel The Good Death of Kate Montclair (Chrism Press, 2023), and the play The Actor, about the subversive wartime theatrical activities of the young Karol Wojtyła, which will premiere at Christendom College in fall 2024. He also writes the Substack newsletter The Comic Muse.