Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D., (born 15 February 1946) is one of the pioneers of the contemporary women's spirituality movement. She is the author of more than 15 books of poetry and nonfiction, including the two volume Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. Monaghan holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and a Ph.D. in Literature & Science. A winner of the Pushcart Prize for Literature in 2004, her work was also included in "Best American Spiritual Writing" that year. She is professor of interdisciplinary studies at Chicago's DePaul University School for New Learning, and lives in Black Earth, Wisconsin (although she holds dual Irish and American citizenship), where she and her husband Michael McDermott tend a vineyard and large organic garden. She is also a wine expert, and author of Wineries of Minnesota and Wisconsin. She is a founder and Senior Fellow at The Black Earth Institute, connecting earth, spirit and society through the arts. She is also on the faculty of the Maybe Logic Academy