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Ptomely Tompkins

Ptomely Tompkins


From 1999 until 2007, Ptolemy Tompkins was an in-house editor at both Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and he continues to write for both publications as a contributing editor. He has written frequently for BeliefNet.com and is the author of four books, including Paradise Fever Avon, 1997; The Beaten Path Morrow, 2001; This Tree Grows Out of Hell revised edition: Sterling, 2006; and The Divine Life of Animals Crown, June 2010.


His writing has been featured in many publications, including Harper's, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times, Time Asia, and a half a dozen anthologies including Soul: An Archaeology HarperCollins 1993, The Best Spiritual Writing HarperCollins, and The Best American Spiritual Writing Houghton Mifflin

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