Rachel Pollack is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the modern interpretation of the Tarot. She is a poet, novelist, and a Tarot card and comic book artist. Among numerous honors, she is the recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke and World Fantasy awards and has published twelve books on the Tarot, including: 78 Degrees of Wisdom , Tarot for Magical Times, The New Tarot Handbook, and The Kabbalah Tree . She is a member of the American Tarot Association, the International Tarot Society, and the Tarot Guild of Australia. With fellow Tarot author Mary Greer, she has taught at the famed Omega Institute for the past fifteen years. She has been conferred the title of Tarot Grand Master by the Tarot Certification Board, an independent body. Born in Brooklyn, Pollack holds an honors degree in English from New York University, a Masters in English from Claremont Graduate School and has taught English at New York State University.