Judith Valente

Judith Valente is an award-winning author, journalist and poet who was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She worked as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and in broadcast journalism as an on-air correspondent for national PBS-TV and Chicago Public Radio and as the senior investigative reporter for the NPR affiliate GLT Radio in central Illinois. Her most recent books include How to Live: What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning and Community (Hampton Roads/Red Wheel Weiser, Boston, 2018), and How to Be: A Monk & A Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship, co-authored with Brother Paul Quenon.