Archives: Authors
Ian Prattis
Ian Prattis is a dharmacharya in the Engaged Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, and gives talks and leads retreats in Europe, India, and North and South America. He is the author of The Essential Spiral: Ecology and Consciousness After 9/11 and The Buddha at the Gate.
Stephen Strauss
Stephen Strauss is an award-winning science writer and former columnist with the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto. He now freelances and writes a regular science column for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mariana Caplan
Mariana Caplan, Ph.D., is the author of seven books, including Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment (Hohm Press, 1999), and Do You Need a Guru? Understanding the Student-Teacher Relationship in an Era of False Prophets (Thorsons, 2002).
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche was born in Northern India and now lives in southern Colorado. He is the founder of Mangala Shri Bhuti, an organization dedicated to the study and practice of the teachings of the Longchen Nyingthik lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the author of multiple books, including <em>Diligence</em> (Shambhala Publications).
Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho is abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hemel Hempstead, England. Born in Seattle, he went to Thailand in 1966 to practice meditation, where he became a student of the late Ajahn Chah.
Mel Weitsman
Sojun Mel Weitsman is abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center and former co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center.
Meg Federico
Meg Federico is a writer and journalist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she writes a weekly newspaper column on the changing roles of caregivers and care receivers.
Suzy Wizowaty
Suzy Wizowaty is the author of the novel The Round Barn (University Press of New England) and a novel for children, A Tour of Evil (Philomel), coming out in May. She teaches creative writing at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.
Felix Holmgren
Felix Holmgren grew up in Sweden and now resides in Nepal, where he is enrolled at Kathmandu University’s Center for Buddhist Studies at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, Boudhanath.
Rick Bass
Rick Bass lives with his family in Yaak and Missoula, Montana, where he has long been active in efforts to protect the last roadless lands in one of the wildest landscapes in the northern Rockies. His latest novel is 2009’s <i>Nashville Chrome</i>, which looks at the music business and the destructiveness of fame; 2012 saw the release of three nonfiction works by <i>Bass: The Black Rhinos of Namibia, A Thousand Deer, </i>and <i>In My Home There Is No More Sorrow.</i>
Michael Valpy
Michael Valpy writes frequently on religion and ethics for The Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.
John Whalen-Bridge
John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor of English at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches courses in American literature and religious studies.
Rafe Martin
Rafe Martin is a disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau’s as well as his editor and friend. He is also an author of children’s books and a storyteller.
Marshall Glickman
Marshall Glickman is the author of Beyond the Breath: Extraordinary Mindfulness Through Whole-Body Vipassana (Tuttle Publishing) and The Mindful Money Guide: Creating Harmony Between Your Values and Your Finances (Ballantine Wellspring/Random House).