Jere Van Patten is an author, educator, and theatre artist whose work explores the intersection of faith, identity, healing, creativity, and the beautifully unfinished nature of being human.

He is the author of Living in the And: Finding Christ in the Unfinished Places of Our Lives, a spiritual memoir about learning to hold faith and uncertainty, joy and grief, healing and hurt—and discovering that God is present in the middle of it all.

With degrees in Theatre, Education, and Theatre Directing, Jere has spent more than two decades as an educator, actor, and director. He is the founder of The Actor's Ink Studio and has worked with theatre organizations throughout the Phoenix area, including The Phoenix Theatre Company, Southwest Shakespeare Company, East Valley Children's Theatre, Hale Centre Theatre, Theatre Works, and Don Bluth Front Row Theatre.

Across the classroom, the stage, and the page, Jere uses storytelling, humor, and hard-earned experience to explore what it means to live fully when life doesn't resolve the way we expected. His work invites people to make room for questions, find meaning in the unfinished places, and recognize that joy and grief, faith and uncertainty, healing and hurt can all be true at once.

Jere lives in Mesa, Arizona, with his wife Allyson and their three MVPs: Maggie, Max, and Mayzie.