[2] The book is based on her PhD thesis, supported by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.
The book deals with the research of Emptiness, a topic within the philosophy of Buddhism.
[3] "Co-Director of the Tibetan Nuns Project, Elizabeth Napper, has a PhD in Buddhist Studies.
Since 1991 she has lived mainly in Dharamsala, India, where she has helped to open up educational opportunities for Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
Her other publications include Dependent-Arising and Emptiness; Fluent Tibetan: A Proficiency Oriented Learning System, Novice and Intermediate Levels by William A. Magee and Elizabeth Napper, Jeffrey Hopkins, General Editor; and Kindness, Clarity, and Insight by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Co-Editor.