Daniel Skach-Mills


     

About the Author

Daniel Skach-Mills was born in Coeur d’Alene Idaho, and raised in Portland, Oregon. He holds an undergraduate degree from Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, and a graduate degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. His award-winning poetry has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including: The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Century, Sojourners, Open Spaces, and Prayers To Protest: Poems That Center and Bless Us (Pudding House Publications, 1998). His chapbook, Gold: Daniel Skach-Mills’s Greatest Hits, 1990-2000, appeared in 2001 from Pudding House.

In and around Oregon, he has been a featured reader for events at Looking Glass Bookstore, Marylhurst University, Living Earth Gatherings, KBOO Radio, and The Friends of William Stafford. A psychotherapist and spiritual teacher, he has lived both as a Benedictine and a Trappist monk, and is currently a volunteer docent for the Portland Classical Chinese Garden. He and his partner live in Portland, Oregon.