Authors A to Z

Thea Sabin is a professional editor and writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, both pagan and non-pagan, and is a former newspaper astrology columnist. A practicing Wiccan since her teens, the author received formal training in a British... Read more

Marilyn Sachs is the author of more than forty books, including A Pocket Full of Seeds, Lost In America, and First Impressions, and was a National Book Award finalist for The Bears' House. She lives in San Francisco.... Read more

Tierney Sadler (Washington, DC) has been practicing tarot for 25 years. She's a professional tarot reader and a member of the Washington DC Tarot Society. Visit her blog at TheDailyTarotDraw.blogspot.com.... Read more

Jon Saint-Germain (Indiana) is a professional palm reader who grew up in a family of psychic readers. He appears at corporate events, on the radio, and elsewhere. His extensive knowledge of magick and the occult led him to become a consultant for the... Read more

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Marina Sala holds a master's degree in international relations and has researched the theory and practice of conflict resolution at PhD level.  She has written articles and poetry focused on breaking down the prejudice about magic and feminism in... Read more

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Peter Adam Salomon is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Authors Guild, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He has served as a judge for the Savannah Children's Book Festival Young Writers Contest, and on the... Read more

Pat Samples (Minnesota) an international speaker and transformational educator, is the author of Body Odyssey: Lessons from the Bones and Belly.  She speaks and gives workshops on conscious aging, body wisdom, caregiving, improvisational movement and... Read more

Elena Santangelo (Pennsylvania) is an award-winning short story writer and an avid fan of both history and ghost stories. Her mystery and ghost tales have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Murderous Intent, and in the anthology Death... Read more

Deonna Kelli Sayed (Greensboro, NC) is a Muslim-American paranormalinvestigator with Haunted North Carolina (HNC). She lectures on manyissues, from women in Islam to the paranormal, and has lived and conductedstudies throughout Central Asia, the Middle... Read more

Shawn Martin Scanlon (Los Angeles, CA) has studied, practiced, and taught magick for more than twenty-two years. He has worked with Enochian magickal groups, Thelemic and Golden Dawn orders, and private sex magick groups, sifting through several occult... Read more

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Holly Schindler (Springfield, Missouri) dove headfirst into her writing pursuits after obtaining an M.A. in English from Missouri (ma-zur-ah) State University. Her essays, poems, and short stories have appeared in such journals as The Explicator,... Read more

Alan V. Schmukler (Philadelphia, PA) taught homeopathy at Temple University and has been lecturing and consulting on the subject for over a decade. He founded the Homeopathic Study Group of Metropolitan Philadelphia and was Editor of the newsletter,... Read more

Mark Schreiber is the author of several books, including the novel Princes in Exile. He lives and writes in Ohio.... Read more

Gerald J. Schueler, Ph.D. born in Darby Pennsylvania, and his wife Betty Sherlin Schueler, Ph.D. born in Washington DC, currently reside in Maryland. Jerry is a retired systems analyst, free-lance writer, editor, and artist. Betty is a computer... Read more

Gerald Schueler and Betty Schueler have authored five other books on Enochian magick.  They have also coauthored many articles on anthropology, computers, children, dogs, philosophy, magic and Theosophy.  Gerald is a retired systems analyst and... Read more

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James Schwartz (Colorado), a Board Certified Hypnotist, is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists and is also a member of the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists. He is the founder of the Hypnosis to Promote Fertility program and the director... Read more

Contrary to popular legend, Tannin was not born in a log cabin in Springfield Illinois. She did, however, spend her entire childhood living on the Jersey Shore. It is in this notably non-New Age environment that her interest in Pagan/Occult matters began.... Read more

Bruce Scofield is a full-time astrologer with a private practice.  He holds a master's degree in history; his publishing credits include two astrological works as well as two books on hiking in New Jersey.  His Articles have appeared in American... Read more

Jocelyn Almond and Keith Seddon were born in 1956 in England, and met at school in 1975. They married in 1977, and each attained a BA degree with first class honors in Studies in the Humanities from the University of Hertfordshire in 1982, and a PhD in... Read more

Maggie Sefton is the New York Times bestselling author of Knitting Mystery series (Berkeley Prime Crime). Her debut knitting mystery, Knit One, Kill Two, was named an Agatha Award finalist in 2005. Sefton was born in Richmond, Va., and grew up in... Read more

Adam Selzer is the author of more than a dozen books, including several novels and the acclaimed Smart Aleck's Guide to American History. While doing research for stories to tell on the ghost tours that he's run in Chicago for nearly a decade, he... Read more

Cliff Seruntine (Nova Scotia, Canada) is a private practice psychotherapist and a practitioner of deep ecology by living harmoniously with the sacred earth. Since 2007, he has lived with his family on their homestead, where they teach classes on how to... Read more

Doreen Shababy (Idaho) spends her days gardening, writing, cooking, and crafting. Her writing has appeared in several publications, and she self-published a quarterly called Wild & Weedy: A Journal of Herbology.... Read more

Nanci Shanderá, PhD is the director of EarthSpirit Center, a trans-denominational spiritual teaching center, and holds a PhD in transformational psychology. She previously worked as a religious sciences minister at the Ernest Holmes College School... Read more

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Like the main character in her “Mace Bauer Mysteries,’’ her family roots were set in Florida long before Disney or Miami Vice. As a native and former reporter for USA Today, she knows the spots not found on maps: Molasses Junction. Muse,... Read more

(Australia) obtained her first astrological diploma in 1975. Beginning in 1982, under the name of Christine James, she operated her own astrology school for several years. She has published and lectured in Australia and New Zealand on a variety of... Read more

Maria Shaw (Michigan) is a professional astrologer, intuitive, and author.  She is the host of the bi-monthly radio show, “Affairs of the Heart,”on Citadel's WIOG 102.5FM in Michigan and has appeared on such shows as VH-1 All Access: Serial... Read more

Scott Shaw is one of the preeminent Martial Arts Masters of the Western world. He began his study of the martial arts as a young boy and today has become one of the most prolific proponents of these ancient systems of self defense. Shaw is at the... Read more

Dr. Sylvie Shaw has a PhD in sociology which has focused on nature, religion and ecopsychology.  She lectures in sociology at Monash University in Melbourne.  Her passions are sacred ecology and shamanic studies.... Read more

K. M. Sheard (Wales, UK) is a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) and the British Pagan Federation. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Sheard is a scholar of history and several languages, both modern and ancient... Read more

Lady Sheba was one of the first people in the United States to officially establish the Craft as a legally recognized religion. She registered "The American Order of the Brotherhood of Wicca" as an religious organization in Michigan on August 13, 1971.... Read more

Jessica Shepherd (California) is an astrological counselor and teacher. She publishes "Moonkissd," a bi-monthly astrology newsletter, and regularly contributes articles on astrology and love to www.sasstrology.com. Her successful blog on... Read more

Kimberly Sherman-Cook (Massachusetts) is the co-founder, director, and teacher for the Pagan Education Network and has been involved in pagan studies for over seventeen years. She is also the visionary leader of the Raven Star Coven, which she helped... Read more

Keith Sherwood is an internationally known teacher and healer. He founded the American Psychic Association and served as its director and editor of its magazine, Psychic. He has appeared on many radio and television programs throughout the United States... Read more

Lynn Sholes (Florida) is a special assignment teacher for the Broward County School District in South Florida. Writing as Lynn Armistead McKee she penned six historical novels set in pre-Columbian Florida. As Lynn Sholes, she has changed genres and is... Read more

Barbara Shoup is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of novels for teenagers and adults. Shoup has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a Master Artist Fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment... Read more

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Laura Silvana (New York) is a visionary and mystic. She is best known for her work as a medical, spiritual, and emotional intuitive whose mediumship skills extend into the plant kingdom and the natural world.... Read more

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Valerie received her first deck of Tarot cards 32 years ago and began studying astrology in 1973. Both have continued to be passions for her over the years and have led to the authorship of her own Tarot and astrological teaching materials, with which she... Read more

Maria Kay Simms is an author, artist and a professional astrologer of 30 years experience. She is internationally recognized by the astrological community as an author,  former president of Astro Communications Services, Inc. and also for her... Read more

Linda Joy Singleton is author of over twenty-five books for young people, including the award-winning Seer series, about a teen psychic. Singleton makes her home in Northern California where she enjoys life in the country with a barnyard of animals... Read more

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Stephen Skinner began his career as a Geography lecturer and magazine publisher, but his long term interest has always been Western magic. During the 1970s he was the driving force behind Askin Publishers, producing a number of classic magical works by... Read more

Michelle Skye (Massachusetts) is a Pagan Priestess with over ten years' experience following the Path of the Wise. An active member of the Wiccan and Pagan communities, she teaches classes, leads workshops, and has founded Massachusetts Pagan Teens and... Read more

Joanna Campbell Slan (St. Louis, Missouri) is an international authority in the scrapbooking community. She is the author of over ten books on the subject, and her work has appeared in all of the industry's top magazines. In 2004, Slan founded a contest... Read more

Joe H. Slate is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice with a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and postdoctoral studies in hypnosis and psychosomatic medicine at the University of California. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Athens State... Read more

Mark Smith (Washington D.C.) has appeared as a featured guest on numerous programs on the FOX, ABC, NBC and CNN networks, as well as on radio.  His popular seminars on auric vision and handwriting analysis are consistently booked around the c... Read more

Michael Osiris Snuffin has studied and practiced various forms of occultism for over fifteen years, with particular interest in the Golden Dawn, Thelema, Chaos Magick and the Left-Hand Path. He founded the Temple of Light and Darkness... Read more

Richard Southall (West Virginia) is the author of How to be a Ghost Hunter (2003) and Haunted Route 66 (2013). He has been interested in the paranormal and ghost hunting since a young age. He has contributed to numerous periodicals and has been... Read more

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Mark Spencer (Monticello, AR) is the award-winning author of three novels, two short story collections, and a history book. His numerous writing honors include the Faulkner Society Faulkner Award, the Omaha Prize for the Novel, the Patrick T. Bradshaw... Read more

Anne Spollen is the mother of three children. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals and have been nominated for Pushcart prizes. The Shape of Water is her first novel for teenagers. It began as a short story in Orchid:... Read more

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Adelina St. Clair (Quebec) has studied fields as varied as microbiology, bioethics, Reiki, somatics, shamanism, theology, and herbalism. She works as an occupational therapist in a Cree community in northern James Bay, Canada, where she lives with her... Read more

J.B. Stanley has a BA in English from Franklin & Marshall College, an MA in English Literature from West Chester University, and an MLIS from North Carolina Central University. She taught sixth grade language arts in Cary, North Carolina for the... Read more

Starhawk is the author and coauthor of ten books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (Harper-Collins, 1979), long considered the essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement, and the now-classic ecotopian novel... Read more

David Staume (Australia) is an author and screenwriter. The information in his books comes from his personal observations of nature and his studies in the fields of philosophy, science and metaphysics. To contact David or for additional information on... Read more

Mark Stavish (Pennsylvania) has been a long-time student of esotericism and is a frequent lecturer on ancient occult knowledge. Founder of the Institute for Hermetic Studies, he is the author of numerous articles on Western esotericism. In 2001 he... Read more

Rudy Stegemoeller (New York) is a lawyer and has won minor poker tournaments in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He is the co-author of How to Win a Million, a satirical guide to gambling and family life.... Read more

Involved with the women's movement and women's spirituality almost from their beginnings, she is a healer, psychic, witch and priestess of the Goddess craft, and a writer whose work has been known since 1969. An activist in women's rights, gay rights,... Read more

Sarah Jamila Stevenson (Modesto, CA) is a writer, artist, graphic designer, and occasional world traveler. Her debut novel, The Latte Rebellion, was featured on National Public Radio’s Tell Me More program. Visit her online at... Read more

After a tumultuous past as a history major, calligraphy instructor, wedding musician, technical editor, and equestrian artist, Maggie Stiefvater is now a full-time writer and New York Times bestselling author of the Shiver trilogy, The Scorpio Races, and... Read more

Anne Stokes (United Kingdom) is a professional illustrator whose fantasy artwork is popular in the games industry, specifically among products published by Wizards of the Coast and Mongoose Publishing.... Read more

Laurie Faria Stolarz (Massachusetts) has a great interest in young adult culture, and admires young adults for their passion, energy, and creativity. Blue is for Nightmares is the product of her desire to write a novel that would have appealed to herself... Read more

Gordon Strong (United Kingdom) has been involved in magick for over forty years. He is a long-time writer, teacher, and scholar of English literature, Arthurian legend, magick, and the Tarot. Visit him online at www.gordonstrong.co.... Read more

Lee Strong (Rockford, IL) has been a freelance writer for nearly two decades. He is a member of the Midwest Paranormal Society, the American Paranormal Society, and the American Association of Writers.... Read more

Sebastian Stuart (Cambridge, MA) has been a full-time writer for more than twenty years.He is the author of plays, screenplays, political satire, and critically acclaimed novels, and wasthe credited ghostwriter of the novel Charm! (Hyperion), which... Read more

Kim Osborn Sullivan PhD (IL) is the author of nonfiction books for adults and young adults. She grew up listening to her grandmother and aunt, Louise Helene, tell stories about their psychic abilities.... Read more

Gillian Summers is the pseudonym for co-authors, Berta Platas (Georgia) and Michelle Roper (Georgia), both experienced writers in the romance and fantasy genres, respectively. But more importantly, both are ardent renaissance faire groupies.... Read more

Selena Summers, a native and resident of Australia, graduated from Melbourne University with a degree in philosophy and literature and a sub major in Eastern culture and thought.  After college, Selena began her training in feng shui in Amsterdam,... Read more

Rod Suskin (South Africa) has been a professional consultant for fifteen years. He has a radio program and often appears on national television to talk about astrology. In addition to writing for journals and magazines, he writes a daily astrology column... Read more

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Dr. Maya Magee Sutton has taught courses for 20 years at the University of New Mexico, where she originated the Celtic Stuides concentration.  She teaches courses in Celtic Mythology and Urban Druidry.  Dr. Sutton holds Irish and U.S.... Read more

Matthew L. Swayne (State College, PA) is a journalist who currently worksas a research writer at Penn State. He has done freelance reporting for major newspapers and other publications.... Read more

Dianne Sylvan (Austin, TX) has been a practicing Wiccan since the age of sixteen. She is co-founder and President of Blessedways, a Wiccan educational and spiritual organization based out of Central Texas.  Through Blessedways she teaches classes on... Read more

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