Anne D. LeClaire is the bestselling author of The Halo Effect, Entering Normal, and The Lavender Hour, as well as her critically acclaimed and award-winning memoir, Listening Below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence. A former op-ed columnist, she’s been published in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Redbook, Yoga Journal, and Yankee Magazine.
A distinguished fellow at the Ragdale Foundation, she teaches creative-writing workshops around the globe and leads popular seminars and workshops exploring silence, creativity, and deep listening. She has been a visiting lecturer at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Tennessee, and Columbia College and was a featured speaker at the Lincoln Center.
A former reporter, print journalist, radio broadcaster, and private pilot, she is the mother of two and lives with her husband on Cape Cod, where she leads silent retreats, practices yoga, and plays the washboard. For more information, visit the author at www.anneleclaire.com.
