John Pattison
John Pattison is an author, community advocate, grant writer and nonprofit consultant who leads The Resourceful Community, a blog that connects community leaders to the resources of community flourishing. He is the coauthor of and .
Formerly the managing editor of and deputy editor of the Burnside Writers Collective, Pattison's essays, articles and reviews have appeared in , and the . He is also a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. He lives with his wife Kate and their two daughters in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley.