Josh Swiller is the author of the Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa, a New York Times bestseller and is a dedicated advocate for the deaf and disabled and for cultivating a peaceful and playful mind. He’s had a wide variety of careers including: college professor, Peace Corps volunteer, forest ranger, sheepskin slipper craftsman, raw food chef and hospice worker. Currently, he is a writer and Zen monk in Ithaca, New York.
Josh’s journalism has appeared in numerous national publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has won several awards including 2011 Magazine Feature of the Year from the Washington, DC, Society of Professional Journalists. He also consults for ABC Family’s “Switched at Birth,” and is at work on several fiction and non-fiction projects including an illustrated book of Buddhist wisdom starring two talking dogs.
Josh lectures throughout the country and leads meditation groups, sharing a message of acceptance, gratitude and love.