Lori Joan Swick

LORI JOAN SWICK is a speaker, retreat leader, adjunct professor, novelist, essayist, and poet specializing in women’s spirituality and religious, mystical, and mythological topics. Her books include Dreaming—The Sacred Art and Comfort and Mirth.

Swick holds a doctorate in philosophy and religion with a concentration in women’s spirituality from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a master’s degree with distinction in theology from the University of Notre Dame. She has served as an adjunct professor of religion, mythology, and philosophy at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, and as an adjunct assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

When she’s not writing, Swick leads retreats and speaks on women’s spirituality and related religious, mystical, and mythological subjects. Much of her work, both fiction and nonfiction, engages these themes directly.

Lori Joan Swick’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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