Author

Stephen Batchelor

8 books, mostly cultural social issues, for Audible Studios and Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2012–2025

Stephen Batchelor is a writer, teacher, translator, and artist known for developing a secular approach to Buddhist thought and practice. His writing career gained international attention with the 1997 bestseller Buddhism Without Beliefs, followed by works including Living with the Devil, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, After Buddhism, Secular Buddhism, The Art of Solitude, and Buddha, Socrates and Us. His books combine Buddhist history and philosophy with personal reflection, ethics, and contemporary secular life.