Archives: Authors

Julia Wise

Julia Wise is a communications researcher at the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford, England, which runs and supports projects that promote altruistic ideas and aims. She also serves on the board of GiveWell, an independent, nonprofit charity evaluator. As well, she organizes effective altruism meetups in Boston, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and child. Wise writes regularly on her website, Giving Gladly: Altruism & The Good Life.

Gretchen Rohr

Gretchen Rohr is founder of Justice in Balance, a restorative justice forum dedicated to reconciling communities impacted by violence. She serves as a magistrate judge at the D.C. Superior Court.

Douglas Abrams

Douglas Abrams is the founder and president of Idea Architects, a creative book and media agency helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just word. He is also the co-founder with Pam Omidyar and Desmond Tutu of HumanJourney.com, a public benefit company working to share life- and world-changing ideas. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, retired as Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa, in 1996. He is active as a lecturer throughout the world and was recently a visiting professor at Emory University in Atlanta.

Christopher Ford

Dr. Christopher Ford worked for the last four years as a political appointee in senior policy positions at the U.S. State Department and on the National Security Council staff. He received jukai from Roshi Joan Halifax and is an ordained Buddhist chaplain.

Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Donald S. Lopez, Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. His books include The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (with Robert E. Buswell, Jr.), The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography, and The Lotus Sutra: A Biography. He lives in Ann Abor, Michigan.

Sean Elder

Sean Elder is a contributing editor at Newsweek and co-author, with Amos Kamil, of the forthcoming book Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux).

Tyger Blair

Tyger Blair is a prison volunteer of the Buddhadharma Sangha.

Shinso Ito

Her Holiness Shinso Ito is the leader of the Shinnyo-en Buddhist school.

Mark Nepo

Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark Nepo is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. His new book is The One Life We’re Given: Finding the Wisdom that Waits in Your Heart (Atria, July 2016). In fall of 2016, Mark will have a new book of poetry, The Way Under the Way. For more, visit: <a href="http://www.MarkNepo.com/">MarkNepo.com</a>