Autor: Wendi L. Adamek

When not writing fiction about Asia, Wendi Adamek spends her time studying it. Born in Hawaii and educated at Stanford, she has lived in many places in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary. Her interests include medieval Chinese Buddhism, Buddhist archeology, and permaculture. Her forthcoming academic book Practicescapes and the Buddhists of Baoshan centers on a sixth-century community in Henan, China. Previous publications include The Mystique of Transmission (AAR Award for Excellence in Textual Studies, 2008) and The Teachings of Master Wuzhu (2011). She has held research fellowships at Kyoto University (BDK, Fulbright), Peking University (NEH, Fulbright), the Stanford Humanities Center, the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), and the Calgary Institute for the Humanities.