Kathrin StengelKathrin Stengel is the award-winning author of NOVEMBER ROSE: A SPEECH BEFORE DEATH--a philosophical meditation on loss, grief and survival. Educated at the Universities of Leuven (Belgium), Munich, and Konstanz (Germany), she has taught philosophy a Seattle University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Kathrin Stengel has been a guest on radio programs throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has organized international philosophical events on topics such as space, pain, color and imagination. For many years, she has also taught Vipassana Meditation and practiced Jin Shin Jyutsu. She lives in New York City and is the cofounder of Upper West Side Philosophers, Inc. Read More Read Less