Adrian Shirk is the author of Heaven is a Place on Earth (Counterpoint, 2022), a personal odyssey of American utopian experiments, and And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy (Counterpoint, 2017), a hybrid-memoir exploring American women prophets and mystics, named an NPR Best Book of 2017. She publishes a monthly artist opportunities list called The Whole Utopianotes Catalog. She is an ensemble member of The Party Theater, an agent at Driftless Literary, and a faculty member in Pratt Institute’s Writing Department. She lives in the Catskill mountains.