Archives: Authors
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 wrote It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path, published by 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.