Janet Gyatso is Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard University Divinity School. She is the author of "Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary" and "In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Remembrance and Mindfulness in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism."
Hanna Havnevik is assistant professor at the University of Oslo and is the author of "Tibetan Buddhist Nuns: History, Cultural Norms, and Social Reality" and "The Life of Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche (1865-1951)."