Parvati Markus is the author of Whisper in the Heart (Mandala Publishing, 2022); Love Everyone (HarperOne, 2015); and a children's book, Isabella Castaspella (SitaRam Press, 2022), with co-author Radha Baum (in development as an animated series Izzy Casts A Spell). She is a substantive editor who has been midwifing spiritually-oriented, non-fiction books and memoirs since her first efforts with Ram Dass’s classic Be Here Now, and has helped with spiritual organizations (past President of the Board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Temple in Taos, NM) and events (as a development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women). She is on the Board of Advisors for the Love Serve Remember Foundation.

"Nothing tops the discussions of mortality between Leary and Ram Dass, during which both of these battered but unbowed explorers of reality come off as nothing less than enlightened."