Rachel Pollack is the author of thirty-two books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, published in fifteen languages. She is a poet, an award-winning novelist, an authority on the modern interpretation of Tarot cards, and a Tarot card artist. She has published fifteen books on Tarot and divination, including 78 DEGREES OF WISDOM, often called "the Bible of Tarot reading," read by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. SEEKER won the COVR Award at the 2006 New Age Trade Show. Her SHINING TRIBE TAROT, designed and drawn by Rachel herself, draws on tribal and prehistoric images from six continents and 50,000 years. She has had several shows of her artwork, both Tarot and other images. She has taught classes and workshops in Europe, North America, and Australia. Her novel GODMOTHER NIGHT won the World Fantasy Award. Her earlier novel, UNQUENCHABLE FIRE, won Britain's famed Arthur C. Clarke Award. Rachel grew up in Poughkeepsie, the setting for UNQUENCHABLE FIRE. After nineteen years living in Europe, she returned, in 1990, to live in the Hudson Valley. With Mary K. Greer, Rachel has taught at the famed Omega Institute for 23 years. She also is a senior faculty member for the Master of Fine Arts degree from Goddard College.