Anne Sala is a freelance journalist based in Minnesota. Last year, she and her family moved from a third-story apartment to a single-family home. Anne has never had to deal with animals eating her plants before and has since discovered the rabbits in her neighborhood are quite fond of the herbs she keeps in low-sided pots.
Autumn Damiana is an author, artist, crafter, amateur photographer, and regular contributor to Llewellyn’s annuals. Along with writing and making art, Autumn has a degree in early childhood education. She lives with her husband and doggy familiar in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her online at www.autumndamiana.com.
Charlie Rainbow Wolf is happiest when she is creating something, especially if it can be made from items that others have cast aside. She is an advocate of organic gardening and cooking and lives in the Midwest with her husband and special-needs Great Danes. Visit www.charlierainbow.com.
Corina Sahlin homesteads on five acres at the edge of the wilderness near the Cascade Mountains, where she grows a lot of organic food. Together with her husband, Steve, she raises a variety of animals and a gaggle of three children, whom they homeschool. She teaches wilderness and homesteading skills to children and adults. Visit www.marblemounthomestead.com.
Dawn Ritchie is an organic gardener, cook, passionate beekeeper, and fledgling potter who writes about design, cuisine, gardening, travel, entertainment, and living well. She’s a regular contributor to numerous publications in the US and Canada. She’s the author of The Emotional House, a home design/healing workbook.
Diana Rajchel lives in San Francisco, where she runs the Emperor Norton Pagan Social and handles the oft-squirrelly city spirit. She is the author of the Mabon and Samhain books in the Llewellyn Sabbat Essentials series and of the Diagram Prize–nominee Divorcing a Real Witch.
Diana Stoll shares her gardens with her grandchildren in the hopes they will each grow their own green thumbs. As a horticulturist and a garden writer, Diana writes a weekly garden column in the Chicago Daily Herald and shares her passion for all things gardening on her blog, Garden with Diana, at www.gardenwithdiana.com.
Elizabeth Barrette lives in central Illinois and enjoys magical crafts, historic religions, and gardening for wildlife. She has written columns on Pagan practice, speculative fiction, gender studies, and social and environmental issues. Her book Composing Magic explains how to combine writing and spirituality. Visit her blog at www.ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org.
Emily Towne is a homesteader, gardener, and student of nature who enjoys digging in the dirt and curating an ever-growing seed bank on her multispecies Missouri homestead, Full Plate Farm, which she shares with her husband and son. She uses regenerative stewardship to grow and raise a variety of plants and animals.
Estha K. V. McNevin (Missoula, Montana) is a priestess and ceremonial oracle of Opus Aima Obscuræ, a nonprofit Pagan Temple Haus. She has served the Pagan community since 2003 as an Eastern Hellenistic officiate, lecturer, freelance author, artist, and poet. To learn more, please explore www.opusaimaobscurae.org.
Holly Bellebuono (Massachusetts) is an international speaker, author, and medical herbalist whose books and lectures feature natural health, herbal medicine, and women’s empowerment. She directs the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine. Visit her online at www.HollyBellebuono.com.
James Kambos raises a large variety of herbs and flowers in his Ohio garden. He’s a writer and an artist. He has a degree in history and geography.
JD Hortwort resides in North Carolina. She is an avid student of herbology and gardening. She has written a weekly garden column since 1991. She is a professional, award-winning author, journalist, and magazine editor. Recently retired from journalism, she continues to write on topics as diverse as gardening and NASCAR.
Jill Henderson is a backwoods herbalist, author, artist, and world traveler with a penchant for wild edible and medicinal plants, culinary herbs, and nature ecology. She is a longtime contributor to Llewellyn’s Herbal Almanac and Acres USA magazine and is the author of The Healing Power of Kitchen Herbs, A Journey of Seasons, and The Garden Seed Saving Guide. Visit Jill’s blog at www.ShowMeOz.wordpress.com.
Kathy Martin is a Master Gardener and longtime author of the blog Skippy’s Vegetable Garden, a journal of her vegetable gardens. The blog has won awards, including Horticulture Magazine’s Best Gardening Blog. Kathy has written four gardening apps and manages the Belmont Victory Gardens’ 137 plots. She lives near Boston with her husband, son, and Portuguese water dogs.
Kathy Vilim is a Midwestern girl transplanted to Southern California who writes about the importance of creating outdoor living space using native plants and attracting pollinators. Kathy is a naturalist and photojournalist and finds herself in demand as a garden design consultant. Visit www.canativegardener.blogspot.com.
Linda Raedisch switched from coffee to tea about five years ago and has never looked back. When not making all-natural tea soaps or writing books and articles for Llewellyn, she enjoys exploring old houses, gardens, and Asian grocery stores. She lives in northern New Jersey, which has plenty of all three.
Mickie Mueller is the author/illustrator of The Voice of the Trees, the illustrator of The Mystical Cats Tarot and The Magical Dogs Tarot, author of The Witch’s Mirror, and Llewellyn’s Little Book of Halloween. Her art has been seen as set dressing on SyFy’s The Magicians and Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. Visit her online at MickieMuellerStudio.etsy.com.
Mireille Blacke, MA, LADC, RD, CD-N, is a registered dietitian, bariatric program coordinator at Saint Francis Hospital, and professor at the University of Saint Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut. Mireille worked in rock radio for two decades before shifting her career to psychology, nutrition, and addiction counseling.
Monica Crosson is the author of The Magickal Family and Summer Sage. She is a Master Gardener who lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, happily digging in the dirt and tending her raspberries with her family and their small menagerie of farm animals. Monica is a regular contributor to Llewellyn’s annuals as well as Enchanted Living Magazine and Witchology Magazine.
Natalie Zaman is the author of Color and Conjure and Magical Destinations of the Northeast. A regular contributor to various Llewellyn annual publications, she also writes the recurring feature Wandering Witch for Witches & Pagans magazine. When not on the road, she’s busy tending her magical back garden. Visit Natalie online at www.nataliezaman.blogspot.com.
Susan Pesznecker is a mother, writer, nurse, college English teacher, and Baden-Powell Service Association scout living in the Pacific Northwest with her poodles. Her previous books include Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink, The Magickal Retreat, and Yule. Follow her at www.facebook.com/SusanMoonwriterPesznecker.
Suzanne Ress runs a small farm in the Alpine foothills of Italy, where she lives with her husband. She has been a practicing Pagan for as long as she can remember and was recently featured in the exhibit “Worldwide Witches” at the Hexenmuseum of Switzerland. She is the author of The Trial of Goody Gilbert.
Thea Fiore-Bloom, PhD, is an arts and culture journalist with a doctorate in mythology. Artists and writers of all levels looking for audacious inspiration, information, and encouragement are warmly welcomed at her new blog, www.thecharmedstudio.com.
Gardening Resources
Cooking with Herbs and Spices compiled by Susan Pesznecker
Gardening Techniques written by Jill Henderson
2020 Themed Garden Plans designed by JD Hortwort
2020 Gardening Log tips written by Natalie Zaman