Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg (born January 4, 1948) is an American popular author and speaker. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Life. Goldberg has studied Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years and practiced with Dainin Katagiri Roshi for six years. Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her 1986 book "Writing Down the Bones" sold over a million copies and is considered an influential work on the craft of writing. Her 2013 book, "The True Secret of Writing", is a follow-up to that work. Natalie