STEVEN KOTLER is a best-selling author and award-winning journalist. His books include the non-fiction works “Abundance,” “A Small Furry Prayer” and “West of Jesus” and the novel “The Angle Quickest for Flight.” His articles have appeared in over 60 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Forbes, GQ, Outside, Popular Science, and Discover.

Mr. Kotler is the co-founder and Director of Research for the Flow Genome Project, an international organization dedicated to putting flow state research onto a hard science footing. He is also the co-founder of Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary. He received a degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University.