Shakti Gawain
Shakti Gawain (30 September 1948 – 11 November 2018) was a New Age and personal development author. Her books have sold over 10 million copies. Background Born Carol Louisa Gawain, she graduated from the University of California with a degree in fine arts and dance in the mid 1970s. Gawain's best known book is Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Life (1978). It has been a bestselling book for nearly 40 years. The book was said to have inspired Des'ree's 1994 hit song "You Gotta Be". Gawain was the co-founder, with Marc Allen, of New World Library Publishing Company and founder of Nataraj Publishing, a division of New World Library. Gawain and her husband, Jim Burns, divided their time between California and Hawaii. Her father was a professor at a military academy in Northern California. Her mother, Elizabeth M. Gawain (1921—2017 Facebook), was a city planner for HUD in Washington DC in the 1970s. Publications Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life (1978) Living in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation (1985) Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life (1987)