This British author taught at Oxford and Cambridge and wrote more than 30 books. His spiritual journey took him from his Anglican roots to atheism and back to Christianity before 1950 when he wrote the first book in his classic series about a journey taken by four English children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, into another world. 40 years later, in 1990, the book was banned in Maryland for its "graphic violence, mysticism and gore." When Jeb Bush picked it as a required reading book in Florida schools, it was deemed "unConsitutional" by the Americans for Separation of Church and State because of its religious symbolism. Despite controversy, the series has sold millions of copies and remains a favorite of children today. This is C.S. Lewis, his series is the Chronicles of Narnia and the first book is The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
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