Patricia
Monaghan (PhD) is one of the pioneers of the contemporary women's
spirituality movement. She is the author of more than 15 books of poetry
and nonfiction, including the classic encyclopedia, The New Book of Goddesses
and Heroines, now in print for over 20 years, and winner of the Best Visionary
Non-Fiction Award at the International New Age Trade Show. A winner of the
prestigious Pushcart Prize for Literature in 2004, her work was also included
in "Best American Spiritual Writing" that year. Her most recent
books are Meditation: The Complete Guide and The Red-Haired Girl from the
Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit. She is bi-local, teaching
as a member of the interdisciplinary faculty of Chicago's DePaul University
during the week and planting trees and vines in Black Earth, Wisconsin on
weekends.