Helen Oppenheimer graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in Philosophy. She is married, with three married daughters, ten grandchildren, and a great-grandson. She has served on several Anglican commissions and taught Ethics at Cuddesdon Theological College. She writes on Christian Ethics and Philosophical Theology and holds a Lambeth DD. Her books include 'The Hope of Heaven' (1988) and 'On Being Someone' (2010). She and her husband live in Jersey in the Channel Islands.