Kathleen Davies is a retired English and Women's Studies professor, who has published creative nonfiction in South Loop Review, AGS Quarterly, and Ray's Road Review. She is currently at work on a book-length memoir about her misadventures in academia, entitled Sacred Groves: How a Victorian Cemetery Saved a Professor's Soul.
Diana Y. Paul, born in Akron, Ohio, is a graduate of Northwestern University, with a degree in both psychology and philosophy, and of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a PhD in Buddhist Studies. Her debut novel, "Things Unsaid " (She Writes Press, 2015 ), has been ranked #2 in the "Top 14 Books about Families Crazier Than Yours," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and is the winner of the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award for New Adult Fiction.
A former Stanford University professor, she is also the author of three books on Buddhism, one of which has been translated into Japanese and German "Women in Buddhism" (University of California Press). Her short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals and she is currently working on a second novel, "A Perfect Match." She lives in Carmel, CA with her husband, Doug, and their white-and-grey calico, Mao. Diana and Doug enjoy visiting their two adult children, Maya Miller (San Francisco) and Keith Paul (Los Angeles). In her spare time, Diana is a mixed media artist and has exhibited in California, Hawaii, and Japan.
To learn more about her and her work, visit her author website at www.dianaypaul.com and her blog on movies, art, and food at www.unhealedwound.com or follow her on Twitter: @DianaPaul10.