Steven Hales is Professor and Chair at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He works primarily in metaphysics and epistemology, and has published in leading journals such as Mind, Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophical Studies. He has written or edited 12 books, most recently The Myth of Luck: Philosophy, Fate and Fortune. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Cambridge, Turin, Edinburgh, and London, and has won awards for both teaching and research.