WILLIAM A. WELTON is a philosopher by training (Ph.D. in Philosophy, Duquesne University 1993). Between1997-2012, he taught philosophy full-time at the university level. He is the editor of Plato's...view moreWILLIAM A. WELTON is a philosopher by training (Ph.D. in Philosophy, Duquesne University 1993). Between1997-2012, he taught philosophy full-time at the university level. He is the editor of Plato's Forms: Varieties of Interpretation, the author of a number of scholarly articles on Plato, and the co-author (with Gary Alan Scott) of Erotic Wisdom: Philosophy and Intermediacy in Plato's Symposium. The Quest for the Pure Child is his first novel.view less