Tara Austen Weaver

Born to traveler parents, Tara Austen Weaver crossed her first international border at five weeks of age. She has since lived in San Francisco, London, Vienna, high in the mountains of central Japan, and on a small island off the coast of western Canada. She has traveled to thirty countries and been published in both the U.S. and Asia, most recently in Pilgrimage: Adventures of the Spirit.

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