About The Author

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is the founder of Compassionate Cooks, whose mission it is to empower people to make informed food choices and to debunk the myths about veganism and animal rights. She does this through vegan cooking classes, her online cookbook, articles and essays, lectures and workshops, her twice-monthly online newsletter, her popular Food for Thought podcast, a first-of-its-kind cooking DVD, and her new cookbook The Joy of Vegan Baking: Compassionate Cooks' Traditional Treats & Sinful Sweets.

Colleen has appeared on the Food Network, she is a columnist for VegNews Magazine and a contributor to KQED radio. She feels very grateful to have the opportunity to witness transformations taking place in people as they gain the tools and resources they need to become and stay vegan. To inspire others with these stories, she started a blog called The Joyful Vegan and encourages people to submit their own stories of awakening. She also conducts tours of Farm Sanctuary's California shelter, introducing people to the amazing rescued animals who experienced neglect and abuse or faced certain death before finding sanctuary. (Photos of Colleen with these cuddly critters can be found all over her Compassionate Cooks website.)