Livia Kohn

LIVIA KOHN is professor emerita of religion and East Asian studies at Boston University and the author or editor of over fifty books on Taoism and East Asian religions. Her books include Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way, Daoism Handbook and Daoism and Chinese Culture.

Kohn earned her PhD from Bonn University in 1980 and subsequently spent six years at Kyoto University before joining Boston University. She has also held positions at the University of Michigan and as a visiting professor at several other institutions. She serves as executive editor of Three Pines Press and the Journal of Daoist Studies.

Livia lives in Florida.

Livia Kohn’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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