John Backman
A spiritual director, bigender person, and quasi-hermit, John Backman (she/her) writes about gender identity, ancient spirituality, encounters with place, and how they collide from time to time. This includes personal essays in Catapult, Typehouse Literary Magazine, Tiferet Journal, Amethyst Review, and Sufi Journal, among other places. John has twice been named a top 10 creative nonfiction finalist in the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards.