Gary Waite is a professor of history at the University of New Brunswick and holds his doctorate from the University of Waterloo. He is the author of several books, including Reformers on Stage: The Popular Drama and Religious Propaganda in the Low Countries of Charles V, 1515-1556 (2000), Heresy, Magic, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (2003), and Eradicating the Devil's Minions: Anabaptists and Witches in Reformation Europe (2007). David Joris and Dutch Anabaptism is his first book. He has also published a variety of articles.