Shaktima Brien is a writer and an artist, who lives in the California Desert. The screenplay adaptation of Angelina and Men she wrote, won First place at The Palm Springs Writers' Guild. Brien's paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries of Los Angeles, at The Palm Springs Art Museum, The Fowler Museum (UCLA), and The International Museum of Women. Shaktima's other books are: Spiritual Enlightenment, Painting Life, Goddess Journey, Conscious Awakening and Meeting Zen, Light and Space.