Colleen Morton Busch holds an MFA in poetry, but she also writes nonfiction and fiction. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including literary magazines, HuffPost, the Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Wild Hope and Orion. She’s the author of Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire, an acclaimed narrative account of the 2008 fire that threatened to destroy Tassajara monastery. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.