Sarah Conover

Sarah Conover holds a BA in comparative religions from the University of Colorado, and an MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University. She has worked as a television producer for PBS and Internews (an international media NGO), a socal worker, a public school teacher, and taught creative writing through the community colleges of Spokane, WA. She is the author of six books on world wisdom traditions and spirituality published by Skinner House Books. Her poetry, essays and interviews have been published in a variety of literary magazines and anthologies. She is a feature writer and columnist for Tricycle Magazine: the Buddhist Review and has taught meditation for many years at Airway Heights Corrections Center and within the Spokane community. Ms. Conover lives in Spokane, WA and in her beloved yurtiverse at the base of the North Cascades in Winthrop, WA, where she and her husband are building a small hermitage for monastic retreats.