About the Author

Marsha Post was senior editor, translator, and Waldorf and adult education coordinator for SteinerBooks. While living in New York City, she was a leader in the Anthroposophical Society branch. She also served on the General Council of the Anthroposophical Society. Marsha crossed the threshold of death July 8, 2022. Winslow Eliot graduated from Scripps College in California and the Publishing Procedures Course at Radcliffe before moving to New York City, where she worked at several major publishing houses. Winslow later moved to western Massachusetts with her husband and two children to become public relations director and humanities teacher at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School and later at the Great Barrington Waldorf High School. She has also led adult seminars and workshops for aspiring and published writers. Winslow is a member of Romance Writers of America, PEN, and the Authors Guild. Her books include The Bright Face of Danger (St. Martin's, 1993) Jo Valens teaches kindergarten at the Rudolf Steiner School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where she and husband share a beautiful garden in which she works, draws, and seek communion with the elemental world.