Who wrote why bad things happen to good people?

When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a 1981 book by Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi.

He wrote 14 books including the best-sellers When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success

Kushner was a member of the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism and served as the congregational rabbi of Temple Israel of Natick, in Natick, Massachusetts, for 24 years.

Kushner also wrote a number of other popular theological books, such as How Good Do We Have to Be? (Dedicated to his grandson, Carl), To Life! and many others.

Several of Rabbi Kushner’s 14 books became best-sellers, resonating well beyond his Conservative Jewish congregation outside Boston.

Most of Kushner’s books went across religious boundaries, because they had been inspired by his own experiences with grief, doubt and faith.

Rabbi Kushner often said he was amazed at the breadth of his readership across theological lines.