Archives: Authors

Carolyn Campbell

Carolyn Campbell is a published writer, exhibited photographer and sought-after lecturer. She is the author of the bestselling book, City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Paul MacGowan’s interest in meditation and Buddhism started as a teenager in the 1970s and his work in video production began in the mid-eighties. He met Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche in 2010 and was inspired by him to produce the film A Joyful Mind (2016), which gives an overview of Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings on meditation. When Mingyur Rinpoche returned from his four-and-a-half-year wandering retreat in 2015, he told wonderful and inspiring stories that became the basis of the film Wandering . . . But Not Lost. Since its release in 2020, the film has won numerous awards, including Best Documentary and Best Biography Film.

Joe DaRocha

Joe DaRocha has his master’s in social work and has worked with traumatized families and children for over twenty-five years.

Anlor Davin

Anlor Davin is a Soto Zen priest. Her memoir, Being Seen, was published in 2016.

Pete Grella

Pete Grella is a Buddhist meditation teacher based in Los Angeles. He hosts a Neurodiverse Affinity Group with Insight LA called InTune.

Louise Woodford

Louise Woodford recently wrote an essay that was published in the book Autism and Buddhist Practice: How Buddhism Can Help Autistic Adults Cultivate Wellbeing, edited by Chris Jarrell.

Venerable Guan Cheng

Venerable Guan Cheng is the abbot of the International Buddhist Temple in British Columbia, Canada. He has published various books in Chinese, including Commentary on the Heart Sutra and Commentary on the Diamond Sutra.

Noelle Oxenhandler

Noelle Oxenhandler began Buddhist practice in 1970. Her essays have appeared in many national and literary journals, and she recently retired from teaching creative nonfiction at Sonoma State University in California.

Katherine Jamieson

Katherine Jamieson is a writer based in Western Massachusetts who corresponds with prisoners around the country as part of the National Buddhist Prison Sangha network. She has taught Contemplative Writing through Zen Mountain Monastery and the Nalanda Institute. <a href="http://www.katherinejamieson.com/">www.katherinejamieson.com</a>

Gary Donnelly

GARY DONNELLY is an academic advisor at the University of Manchester, and lectures in Indic Religious Traditions at Liverpool Hope University. He holds a PhD in Indian Philosophy, specializing in Theravada, Madhyamaka, Yogacara, and Vedanta traditions.