About The Author
Debra Moffitt's writing has appeared in publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work appears in Faith and Form: The Journal of Religion, Art and Architecture, luxury European magazines Hors Ligne: Luxury, Lifestyle, and Adventure Magazine, Ticino Welcome (Switzerland), New Riviera Cote d'Azur (France), and Lake Como Lifestyle (Italy), The European, Southpark, Today's Charlotte Woman, Venture Inward and other publications in the US and Europe. She speaks and writes in English, French and Italian. Her book, Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2011) presents spiritual practices from around the world from meditation to walking labyrinths, pilgrimages and retreats.
Lifestyle: Recent articles in print publications in the U.S. and Europe include "Room to Meditate" for Southpark Magazine; "Soothing Speech" on using the power of words wisely for consumer magazine, Today's Charlotte Woman; Divine Wines of the Riveria, on wines made at St. Honorat Monastery for New Riviera Cote d'Azur Magazine; "Meaning to Travel" on retreats, pilgrimages and travel with purpose; "The Art of Impermanance" on Tibetan sand mandalas; "Walking the Labyrinth" on the history and use of labyrinths, "Nightschool: Healing, Growing and Learning through Your Dreams", and "Native American Wisdom: Ecology of Body, Mind and Spirit".
Interviews: Debra's interviews with
internationally renowned figures who are changing the world, include
U.S. cultural guru and bestselling author, Sarah Susanka; renowned Swiss-Italian
architect, Mario Botta; international bestselling author and medical
intuitive, Caroline Myss; eco-scientist, Dr. Eugene Tsui; Andreas
Bechtler, patron of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art; green guru, Danny
Seo; Sylvia Damiani, of Italy's Damiani luxury jewelers, and Alain de
Botton, philosopher and author of The Architecture of Happiness and Status Anxiety.
Architecture pieces include: World of Cities on the Venice Biennale; Bottanical Spa, on the five star Bergoase spa in the Swiss Alps; Working Light on use of light by artists and architects for Architecture Week; Architecture In-Style for Hors Ligne on star architects who dress up luxury fashion houses; the Contemporary Face of Sacred Space on Botta's Santo Volto Church in Turin and more.
Fiction: Debra recently completed her first collection of short fiction, Riviera Stories. Her fiction "Depression Glass" was broadcast worldwide on BBC World Services Radio. She has also worked in film and screenwriting. |