About Star Weiss

Writer Star Weiss has years of life experience as a human, and has the journals to prove it! She has known since she first learned to print — with her left hand, by the way — that writing was what she wanted to do.

Along with writing, Star's passions include off-the-beaten-track travel (Greece is a favourite); hearing or reading a good story; meeting new people; learning about sacred places and diverse spiritual paths in our multicultural-multifaith society (she used to host a multicultural cooking show "Kitchen Culture"); power walking; skiing; hiking; and camping, especially with family or friends.

Star is also an author, educator, and journalist whose work has appeared in The Vancouver Sun, The Georgia Straight, Focus Magazine, and numerous other publications.

Her most recent book, Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places (TouchWood Editions, 2008) explores her evolving spiritual beliefs and her lifelong interests in the outdoors and multiculturalism. The book inspired a CBC radio special “Healing the Heart” which Star co-hosted with CBC’s Jo-Ann Roberts, and includes stories told by a wide variety of British Columbians, from artists to prisoners, nuns to native Elders.

Star is an experienced journalism instructor and former program manager of the Written Image journalism/photojournalism program at Western Academy of Photography, Victoria, BC.