# 47 Award Winning Author April Davila ”142 Ostriches”

April Dávila is an award-winning author and mindfulness instructor. Publisher’s Weekly called her novel, "142 Ostriches", a “vivid, uplifting debut” and Writer’s Digest listed her website (http://aprildavila.com) as one of the Best 101 Websites for Writers. After studying mindfulness with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, she was certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the co-founder of A Very Important Meeting (http://averyimportantmeeting.com), an online platform hosting twenty mindful writing groups every week.