Rod Dreher was born on February 14, 1967, and he can be described as an American expatriate writer and editor. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was named after his father, Ray Oliver Dreher. His father was a local landowner and parish sanitation official.
Rod Dreher grew up in the small town of St. Francisville. He had his education at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches and he graduated in 1985.
He also attended Louisiana State University and completed in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. The career of Rod Dreher started at The Washington Times where he worked as a television critic before he landed a job as chief film critic for the New York Post and editor for the National Review.
Between 2006 and 2010, Rod Dreher managed the Beliefnet blog entitled “Crunchy Con” but later renamed the blog as “Rod Dreher” due to the fact that he moved from writing political pieces to cultural pieces.
He also worked as an editorial writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News until 2009 after which he moved to the John Templeton Foundation as its publications director. He resigned from the John Templeton Foundation on August 20, 2011.
He started writing a blog for the American Conservative in 2008 and the blog was able to record more than a million page views per month in 2017.
Rod Dreher worked as a columnist with The American Conservative for 12 years and he authored several books.
Some of the books include How Dante Can Save Your Life, The Benedict Option, and Live Not by Lies.
Rod Dreher is also noted to have written about religion, politics, film, and culture in National Review and National Review Online, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.
Rod Dreher also served as a film reviewer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and chief film critic for the New York Post. He has made appearances on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Court TV, and other television networks with his commentaries.
Rod Dreher Divorce
Rod Dreher got married to Julie Harris Dreher in 1997. They had three children together but the process for their divorce started in April 2022.
The reason for their divorce is believed to be conflicts and issues they had in the marriage even though Rod Dreher and Julie Harris Dreher had agreed not to disclose the reason for their divorce.
The issue of infidelity was reported not to be a reason for the divorce. After the divorce went through, Rod Dreher moved to Budapest, Hungary.
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