Patheos Featured Writers

Danyel Thomson Manley
Author
Danyel Thomson Manley is a writer whose work draws on her fifteen years living in Southeast Asia, where she worked for a law firm and later as in-house counsel with a travel technology company. After repatriating to the U.S., her writing reflects on the idea of carrying “home” within us and the lasting impact of life abroad. She explores the expansion of spirituality through exposure to diverse belief systems, and how celebrating Buddhist cultural holidays and traditions continues to shape her spiritual journey.
Works by Danyel Thomson Manley
Behind an Old House in Laos: How Pii Mai Expands Our...
Danyel Thomson Manley | April 21, 2026
A Lao New Year water festival in Vientiane becomes a reflection on home, renewal, and......