Archives: Authors
Red Pine
Bill Porter assumes the pen name Red Pine for his translation work. He was born in Los Angeles in 1943, grew up in the Idaho Panhandle, served a tour of duty in the US Army, graduated from the University of California with a degree in anthropology, and attended graduate school at Columbia University before dropping out to move to a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including two NEA translation fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN Translation Prize, and the inaugural Asian Literature Award of the American Literary Translators Association. More recently, Porter received the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation bestowed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Sara Eckel
Sara Eckel is the author of <i>It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single</i> (Perigee, 2014). She lives in Ulster County, New York.
Friederike Boissevain
Friederike Boissevain, MD, works in medical oncology, hematology, and palliative care. A leader of the Wind and Wolken sangha in Germany, she translates the writings of Dogen and Ryokan into German.
Bonnie Ryan-Fisher
Bonnie Ryan-Fisher practices in the Theravada tradition, supported by an affiliation with Light of the Dhamma in Edmonton, Alberta, and the guidance of Ajahn Sona, abbot of Birken Forest Monastery in British Columbia.
Alex Tzelnic
Alex Tzelnic studied Philosophy, Religion, and Asian Studies at Skidmore College. With that degree, he says, he "of course" became an Athletics Director at a small Montessori school in Cambridge, MA. In his free time he sits, reads, writes and watches sports.
Jessica Fayerman
Jessica Fayerman is a lawyer and a mom who is relatively new to Soto Zen practice. She practices with a great group in Chicago and recently spent a week as a guest student at the San Francisco Zen Center. With her crazy schedule, she credits her fledgling Zen practice and study with helping her achieve a grounded sense of well-being.