Perri Birney is the writing team of Angelina and Lawrence Birney. With degrees in English Education and Electrical Engineering, Perri Birney is dedicated to writing fiction that empowers and inspires young people of all ages to expand their spiritual horizons. TARA THUNDERBOLT is their second novel. The authors live in upstate New York with their cat Chakra.

With a Masters in English Education from N.Y.U. and a Bachelors in Writing and Communications, Angelina has also been trained in the Tibetan Buddhist lama tradition and completed a three-year retreat. While traveling extensively throughout Tibet, Nepal and India, she experienced the rich cultures and spiritual traditions practiced in these lands. She received teachings on the various myths explored within Pure Vision, in particular that of Shambhala, from several eminent teachers including the Dalai Lama.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Lawrence lived there for ten years before moving with his family to Libya. In Tripoli, surrounded by antiquities from the Roman era through World War II, he gained first-hand knowledge of Arab culture and its historical position on the world stage. His exploration of the underground tunnels used by Erwin Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika is a foundational element within Pure Vision. Lawrence has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Bridgeport Engineering Institute and is a student of both Christian and Eastern mysticism.

Angelina and Lawrence live in New York's Hudson Valley. They are also the founders of PURE VISION FOUNDATION, a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating communication, understanding, peaceful conflict resolution and humane treatment of all beings through developmental projects, interfaith outreach, and artistic expression. If you would like to know more about the foundation, please visit www.purevisionfoundation.org.