Daniel Pinchbeck lives in New York City, where he was raised by the abstract painter Peter Pinchbeck and Beat Generation writer Joyce Johnson. His feature articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and others. His books include the bestseller 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher, 2007) and Breaking Open the Head (Broadway, 2003). He is a monthly columnist for Conscious Choice magazine and the editorial director of Reality Sandwich (www.realitysandwich.com).