Laura Simms

LAURA SIMMS is one of the best known storytellers in the world today. Her work brings together meditation and the study of oral narrative. In addition to consulting with corporations, nongovernmental organizations and consumer businesses, she has taught storytelling as compassionate action worldwide for the past thirty five years. Presently she works with many humanitarian organizations including Search for Common Ground and Mercy Corps, Inc .A senior Shambhala teacher, she teaches Shambhala Arts and Buddhist studies.. Her most recent book is Under the Currant Leaves: essays on storytelling and compassion. She is the mother of Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone.