Andreacute Fortier

André Fortier is a contemporary author and Buddhist practitioner whose writing sits at the meeting of traveling, meditation and psychology. His book In Search of Nirvana recounts a personal, humorous journey through the workshops, retreats and teachers of the modern spiritual marketplace, examining what spiritual seeking really offers.

Fortier writes in the frank mode of the book journalists who test the "spiritual industry" — from sexodrames to diving courses — inviting readers to laugh at the quest while honoring the search. His memoir-musing belongs to a long lineage of humorous American writing on the frontiers of self-improvement.