Matteo (Matthew) Pistono is a writer, teacher of meditation, and student of engaged Buddhism. He is the author of "''Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism''" (forthcoming 2018), ''Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Tertön Sogyal'' (Hay House, 2014) and ''In the Shadow of the Buddha: Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories, and Spiritual Discovery in Tibet'' (Dutton-Penguin, 2011), and has written about Tibetan, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian cultural, political, and spiritual landscapes for a number of outlets including The Washington Post, Global Post, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Lion's Roar, BBC's In-Pictures, Men's Journal, Kyoto Journal, and Himal Southasian.
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