Archives: Authors
Jessica O’Neill
Jessica O’Neill is a writer, traveler, neon sign historian and self-proclaimed ”strange goth lady” who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. She works for an NGO that helps to reunite trafficked children with their families, and she will begin a Masters of Cultural Heritage Studies in London in the Fall of 2013. Jessica recently spent 6 weeks at Kopan Monastery where she formally took refuge and tried not to listen to punk on her iPod.
Marie Rose White
Marie Rose White grew up Catholic in Detroit, and after college, she left to live and work all over the United States. She's not sure what or where she'll be next year, but right now, she's in Denver.
Meredith Arena
Meredith Arena is a writer, artist, teacher and sometimes performer from New York City, who currently resides in Seattle. She began studying Buddhism at The Interdependence Project in 2008 and completed teacher training there in 2011. She teaches meditation to willing students, sells fruit and vegetable in the Pike Place Market and works with homeless youth in Seattle.
Sarah Lipton
Sarah Lipton is the editor of <em>The Shambhala Times</em>. Currently, she lives at Karme Choling in Barnet, Vermont.
Emily Herzlin
Emily Herzlin is a writer and teacher living in New York City. She teachers a Meditation and Creative Writing class at Columbia University, and her work has been published in USA Today, Newsday, and The Women's International Perspective, among others. Visit Emily at her <a href="http://emilyherzlin.com/">website</a>
Kelly Lawrence
Kelly Lawrence</strong> is a teacher, mother and writer living in the Derbyshire Dales, where the landscape is constantly inspiring her practice. Her first novel, <em>Wicked Games,</em> came out in July 2013, published by Random House. Read more at <a href="http://www.lotuswriter.moonfruit.com/">her blog</a>.
Jessica Bizub
Jessica Bizub is a researcher at a public university and serves as president of a nonprofit organization, Arcos Milwaukee. Jessica practices and studies at the Shambhala Center of Milwaukee.
Samuel Gentoku McCree
Samuel Gentoku McCree is a personal trainer and founder of the <a href="http://www.mindfulfitnessmovement.com/">Mindful Fitness Movement</a>, a mindfulness-based fitness community that supports anyone in using mindfulness and body practice to reduce suffering, grow inside and out, and change their lives for the better. He strives to support others in pursuing a balanced approach to enduring and fundamental transformation.
Kate Menzies
Kate Menzies is a poet and workshop facilitator in the San Francico Bay Area. She has an MFA at Mills College and annually holds a writers' workshop on meditation called 'Undoing Poetry.' Visit Kate online at <a href="http://katemenzies.webs.com/">katemenzies.webs.com</a>.
Sophia Aguiñaga
Sophia Aguiñaga lives in Portland, Oregon, and now works as an editor for a private foundation.
James Crews
James Crews is the author of <a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Book-of-What-Stays,674869.aspx" rel="noopener"><em>The Book of What Stays</em></a>, a collection of poetry published by the University of Nebraska Press. In his free time, James writes for <a href="http://www.eou.edu/basalt/" rel="noopener"><em>basalt</em> magazine</a>, which he co-edits and regularly contributes to the (London) Times Literary Supplement. He has worked as a salesman of bespoke wallpaper, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer and an English teacher in rural Oregon. He is now living and teaching in Lincoln, Nebraska where he’s working on a PhD.
Caitlin Strom
Caitlin Strom is a filmmaker, photographer and Buddhist living in Brooklyn. Visit her online at caitlinstrom.com.
Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown is a musician, writer and special education teacher, serving boys with severe emotional disturbance. He, his wife and their four children live in beautiful Nevada City, California. He has released two albums, and is currently working on his first book, a combination of essays exploring Buddhism and its essential role in his recovery from severe drug addiction and alcoholism. Visit him online at buddhistinrecovery.net.
Peter Fernando
Peter Fernando trained as a Buddhist monk for seven years, and lived in a monastic practice environment for most of his twenties. Upon returning to lay life he was invited to teach in Wellington by New Zealand meditation teacher Stephen Archer, and was one of the founders of Original Nature Meditation Centre in 2009, and created an ongoing online course, A Month of Mindfulness, in 2011.
Dave Chang
Dave Chang lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and has been practicing Zen for over 10 years. He teaches English at a local high school and is currently finishing his MA in neuroscience, meditation and ecology.
Lisa Wilson
Lisa Wilson is an awareness artist, spending life practicing awareness and expressing the experience through various media. At present, she is sharing stories and her art online through her website, LifeUnity.com. Lisa lives in Indiana with her husband and two young children.
Peter Bregman
Peter Bregman speaks, writes, and consults about how to lead and how to live. He is the CEO of Bregman Partners, Inc., a global management consulting firm, and advises CEOs and their leadership teams. He is the author of <i>Point B: A Short Guide To Leading a Big Change.</i>