Archives: Authors
Amy Gutman
Amy Gutman is a writer, editor, and senior facilitator for The OpEd Project. She lives in the Boston area.
Susan Dunlap
A longtime Zen student, Susan Dunlap has written twenty-one mystery novels and numerous short stories. Her stories feature Berkeley Police Officer Jill Smith, forensic pathologist-cum-private investigator Kiernan O’Shaughnessy, meter reader Vejay Haskell, and most recently, stunt double Darcy Lott, who is also the assistant to the abbot of a Zen center.
Tara Brach
Tara Brach is a meditation teacher, psychologist and author of several books including international bestselling <i><a href="https://www.tarabrach.com/books/radical-acceptance/">Radical Acceptance</a>, <a href="https://www.tarabrach.com/books/radical-compassion/">Radical Compassion </a></i>and <a href="https://www.tarabrach.com/books/trusting-the-gold/"><i>Trusting the Gold</i></a>. Her popular weekly podcast on emotional healing and spiritual awakening is downloaded 3 million times a month. Tara is founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and along with Jack Kornfield, leads the <a href="https://mmtcp.soundstrue.com">Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program</a> (MMTCP), serving participants from more than 50 countries around the world. <a href="http://www.tarabrach.com/" rel="noopener">tarabrach.com</a>
Peter Coyote
Hosho Peter Coyote is an acclaimed actor, director, narrator, and author. His writings include the memoirs <i>Sleeping Where I Fall</i> and <i>The Rainman's Third Cure</i>. He began Zen practice in 1975 and was ordained as a Zen priest in 2015.
Jaimal Yogis
Jaimal Yogis is author of <i>Saltwater Buddha</i>, <i>The Fear Project</i>, and the forthcoming memoir, <i>All Our Waves Are Water,</i> and the picture book <em>Mop Rides the Waves of Life.</em> He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their three sons.
Sister Dang Nghiem
Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, MD, was born in 1968 in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. At seventeen, having lost her mother, she immigrated to the USA, living in foster homes, learning English, and earning a medical degree. She was ordained in 2000. She is the author of several books, including <em>Healing: A Woman’s Journey from Doctor to Nun</em> and <em>Flowers in the Dark</em>.
Chris Cole
Chris Cole is the author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Body-Chris-Obsession-Addiction-Madness/dp/1941758142/">The Body of Chris: A Memoir of Obsession, Addiction, and Madness</a></em>. He works as a life coach for individuals in recovery from any number of mood, addiction, or behavioral issues. Connect with Chris and his work at <a href="http://thebodyofchris.com">thebodyofchris.com</a>.
Dominic Wells
A former editor of the London <em>Time Out</em> and the arts section of <em>The Saturday Times</em>, Dominic Wells is a British screenwriter and journalist who writes frequently on film.
Allison Choying Zangmo
Allison Choying Zangmo has, with Anyen Rinpoche, coauthored five books, including Dying with Confidence and The Tibetan Yoga of Breath.
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Pamela Ayo Yetunde is an associate editor at Lion's Roar and the author of <em><a href="https://www.shambhala.com/casting-indras-net.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Casting Indra's Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community</a>.</em> She is the co-editor of <em><a href="https://www.shambhala.com/black-and-buddhist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation and Freedom</a></em> and has written other books and articles about being Black and Buddhist. Ayo is a pastoral counselor and is the founder of Marabella StoryCraft (<a href="https://www.pamelaayoyetunde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.pamelaayoyetunde.com</a>).
Brother Phap Hai
Originally from Australia, Brother Phap Hai is a senior student of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Prior to becoming a monk, he trained as a chef. Brother Phap Hai is known for his ability to convey complex teachings in an accessible and humorous manner and leads retreats and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, and Asia. He currently resides at Deer Park Monastery, in California, where he breathes, walks, and smiles on a regular basis. He is the author of <i>Nothing to It: Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself</i>.
Minal Hajratwala
Minal Hajratwala's latest book is <i>Bountiful Instructions for Enlightenment</i>, published by The Great Indian Poetry Collective.
Kate Johnson
Kate Johnson teaches classes and retreats integrating Buddhist meditation, somatics, social justice, and creativity at leading meditation centers, universities and cultural institutions around the country. Kate also works as a culture change consultant, partnering with organizations to help them achieve greater diversity and sustainability. She's a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center's four year teacher training, as well an utterly unprofessional dancer and performer who earned a BFA in Dance from The Alvin Ailey School/Fordham University and an MA in Performance Studies from NYU. For more information, please visit www.katejohnson.com
Rev. angel Kyodo williams
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Sensei, peers at society, change, love, and justice through the lens of dharma. She sees liberation there. She is the author of <i>Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace</i>, and co-author, with Lama Rod Owens and Jasmine Syedullah Ph.D., of <i>Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation.</i>
Lilian Cheung
Dr. Lilian Cheung is a Lecturer, Director of Health Promotion & Communication, and Editorial Director of The Nutrition Source website at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition.
Esther Brandon
Esther Brandon has practiced yoga and mindfulness meditation for 35 years. After retiring from Lesley University in 2012, Esther completed the Yoga 4 Classrooms® Licensure Program for Trainers, and she is in training to become a CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) facilitator. She has begun presenting an introduction to CARE for the Yoga 4 Classrooms IMPLEMENT™ Leader Training program focused on empowering schools to use teaming and in-school leaders to sustainably integrate yoga and mindfulness school wide.
Laura Munson
Laura Munson is the author of This Is Not the Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness.
Michael O’Keefe
Michael O'Keefe is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated actor. He's appeared in the films Eye In the Sky, Michael Clayton, Frozen River, The Pledge, Ironweed, The Great Santini, and Caddyshack. Television audiences will recognize him as CIA Agent John Redmond on Homeland. His writing has appeared in BOMB, Mindful, and other magazines. A practitioner of Zen for almost thirty years, he is a Dharma Holder in the Zen Peacemaker Order.