About

Cameron Bellm

Cameron Wiggins Bellm

After earning her PhD in Russian literature from UC Berkeley in 2011, Cameron Bellm traded the academic life for the contemplative life, informed by Ignatian spirituality and Catholic social teaching. Cameron is the author of “Prayer for a Pandemic,” which went viral in the early days of COVID-19. In May 2020 she published A Consoling Embrace: Prayers for a Time of Pandemic, an e-book collection of prayers, with 23rd Publications. Cameron has written many devotionals and is currently at work on a book about the spiritual practice of paying attention. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.