Kate Wheeler (novelist)

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Kate Wheeler
Born1955 (age 6869)
Oklahoma
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • meditation teacher
Alma mater
Notable awards

Kate Wheeler (born 1955 Oklahoma) is an American novelist and meditation teacher. Since 2016, she has served as the coordinator of the Meditation Retreat Teacher Training Program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, where she trains senior students to be empowered as teachers. She also is a practicing Buddhist teacher and instructor who offers retreats, talks, and personal guidance to communities and individuals. Wheeler received a Pushcart Prize as well as two O. Henry Awards. [1]

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Life

She was raised in various parts of South America. She graduated from Rice University, and Stanford University. She was ordained a Buddhist nun in Burma. [2] She teaches at Southwest Texas State University. [3] She was a panelist at the Key West Literary Seminar. [4]

She is married and lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Awards

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Editors

Anthologies

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References

  1. "Kate Wheeler, Panelist - January 2006 Key West Literary Seminar". www.kwls.org. Key West Literary Seminar. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. Curtis, C. Michael (2003-01-01). Faith: Stories. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0618378243.
  3. "Texas State-San Marcos MFA Program". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  4. "Kate Wheeler, Panelist - January 2006 Key West Literary Seminar". keywestliteraryseminar.org. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  5. "The O. Henry Prize Stories Past Winners List". Random House. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. Allen, Bruce (12 August 1983). "The Pushcart Prize, VIII". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. "Prize Stories 1993 THE O'HENRY AWARDS". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Kate Wheeler" . Retrieved 2021-11-02.