About D. L. Blanchard

The author of Blue Moon Bench is a Tibetan Buddhist now living the western slope of Colorado. She is an artist and author who lived in Arizona for over 17 years and spent many days hiking in canyons and deserts of the southwest. She has written many articles for magazines such as Southwest Art Magazine, as well as the Article “Shaman’s and Master Artists: Understanding the Parallels in Rock Art” printed in “American Indian Rock Art – Volume 23” published by the ARARA. Blue Moon Bench is the first in a series of mystery novels based in the southwest. She is currently writing Volume Two; “The Magic Shaman” coming soon. She loves including the mystical part of the sacred beliefs and ceremony of the native people because they are very similar to Tibetan culture and rituals which she carries in her heart.

Her fine art has been shown in many fine art galleries in the southwest including Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She still loves traveling around the southwest with paints and sketch pad capturing the beauty she loves to paint and write about. Many of her chapters capture the spectacular landscapes of northern Arizona’s canyons and vast desert plains.  It’s quiet beauty appeals to her Buddhist sensibilities seeking peace and harmony with nature.