Carol Pearson

Pearson grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family in the American
South. In college, reading Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand
Faces changed her life. Taking up the book's suggestion to "follow your
bliss," she immersed herself in writings on mythology and archetypal
psychology, and eventually turned her knowledge in these areas into a
career. Pearson wrote The Hero Within while on sabbatical from the
University of Maryland, where she taught in the Women's Studies
Program.
A long-time corporate consultant, Pearson also wrote Magic at
Work: Camelot, Creative Leadership and Everyday Miracles (with
Sharon Seivert, 1995) and founded the Center for Archetypal Studies
and Applications in Washington DC. Her most recent books are The
Hero and the Outlaw (2001), the first major study of how firms can use
archetypes in corporate image and branding, and Mapping the Organizational
Psyche (2002).