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Sophy Burnham grew up in the horse
country of Maryland and graduated from Smith College with
honors in Italian Language and Literature. She wrote her
thesis on the Triestine author (friend of James Joyce) Italo
Svevo and the question of Reality.
Award-winning author of books, films, plays, audio tapes,
and scores of articles and essays published both at home and
abroad, she is best known as the author of A Book of
Angels and its sequel Angel Letters – which has
been translated into some 22 languages. These include
French, German, Italian, Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish,
Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Finnish, Czech,
Russian, Latvian, and others. |
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Three of her books on the New York Times,
Washington Post, and other best-seller lists.
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prolific public speaker – giving talks and
workshops on the Spiritual Journey, Angelic
appearances,
Mysticism, Creativity,Writing, and other subjects. |
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Appearances on radio and television,
including Larry King Live, Oprah, Good Morning
America, CBS Morning News, and even (remember this?)
To Tell the Truth (“Will the real
Sophy Burnham please
stand up?”)
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Her first job after college was at the Smithsonian
Institution, where she began as a clerk-typist
and left six years later as head of film and television.
Her second job, years later, was Executive Director of the
Fund for New American Plays at the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, where she worked closely with famed
Broadway producer Roger Stevens, giving away money to
theaters to produce new plays and to playwrights to write
them.
But most of
her career has been as an independent or free-lance writer.
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A former Helen Hayes Judge |
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Founding member of the DC Community
Humanities Commission, the regranting arm of the
National
Humanities Council, |
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Active in the Washington, D. C. cultural
scene. She is listed in various Who’s Who, and is a
member of the prestigious Cosmos Club. |
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Volunteer at Hospice.
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Mother of two beautiful daughters and grandmother of
three, she lives in Washington D.C. and Taos,
New Mexico. |
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She offers “Illuminations” as an Intuitive
or Medium.
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She is a Reiki Master qualified to teach
this exquisite healing touch. |
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She acts as a Spiritual Director,
accredited by the Shalem Institute for Spiritual
Direction in Bethesday, MD |
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