Snow, Kimberley 1939-

PERSONAL:

Born November 10, 1939, in Greenwood, SC; daughter of L.K. (a certified public accountant) and Louise (a teacher; maiden name, Hodges) Hartzog; married Barry Spacks (a poet and teacher), 1987; children: Kimberley Harrison, Simms Teramoto. Ethnicity: "White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant."Education: University of Kentucky, Ph.D., 1979.Politics: Democrat. Religion: Buddhist.

ADDRESSES:

Home—1111 Bath St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. E-mail—ksnow@snowlight.com.

CAREER:

Writer. University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting lecturer, 1980-2001. Participant in writing workshops.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Winner of Jacksonville Playwriting Contest, 1986.

WRITINGS:

Word Play, Word Power: A Woman's Personal Growth Workbook, Conari Press (Berkeley, CA), 1989.

Writing Yourself Home: A Woman's Guided Journey of Self-Discovery, Conari Press (Berkeley, CA), 1992.

Keys to the Open Gate: A Woman's Spirituality Sourcebook, Conari Press (Berkeley, CA), 1994.

In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center, Shambhala Publications (Boston, MA), 2003.

Playwright. Work represented in anthologies, includingBest Spiritual Writing, 2000; and Best Buddhist Writing, 2004.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Jeannie and Leo, a novel.

SIDELIGHTS:

Kimberley Snow told CA: "Since every writing project is unique, one of the great challenges of the process is to discover the underlying problems and their solutions."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Publishers Weekly, April 28, 2003, review of In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center, p. 66.

Whole Earth Review, fall, 1993, Lara Owen, review ofWriting Yourself Home: A Woman's Guided Journey of Self-Discovery, p. 15.

ONLINE

QuietSpaces.com: Resources for Choosing Inner and Outer Peace,http://www.quietspaces.com/ (July 29, 2005).