Star Weiss is a journalist, author, and educator living in Victoria, BC. Her background also includes a weekly radio column (Not Young, Not Old) and nationwide special (Healing the Heart), both for CBC Radio One. She hosted and produced the cable TV show "Kitchen Culture," (an intercultural cooking show); and was Program Manager of the Written Image journalism/photojournalism program at Western Academy of Photography. Star is the author of Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places  and her current focus is on historical fiction.