Sharon Blackie
Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning author and a psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and teaching programmes are focused on reimagining women's stories, and on the relevance of myth and fairy tales to the personal, cultural and environmental issues we face today. She has written six books, which have been translated into several languages: The Long Delirious Burning Blue, If Women Rose Rooted, The Enchanted Life, Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women, Hagitude and Wise Women. Sharon’s awards include the Society of Authors’ Roger Deakin Award and a Creative Scotland Writer’s Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts. She lives in Cumbria with her husband, dogs, hens and sheep.
