Katrina Kenison is the author of Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment; The Gift of an Ordinary Day; Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry; and, with Rolf Gates, Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga.  Her writing has appeared in O: the Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Family Circle, Redbook, Woman's Day, Health, and other publications. From 1990 until 2006, Kenison was the series editor of The Best American Short Stories, published annually by Houghton Mifflin.  She co-edited, with John Updike, the Best American Short Stories of the Century. A certified Reiki master and Kripalu yoga teacher, Katrina lives with her family in rural New Hampshire.