Jean Liedloff (November 26, 1926 – March 15, 2011)[1] was an American author best known for her 1975 book The Continuum Concept.
Born in New York City in 1926, as a teenager she attended the Drew Seminary for Young Women and began studying at Cornell University, but began her expeditions before she could graduate.
[1] During a diamond-hunting expedition to Venezuela, she came into contact with an indigenous people named the Yequana.
Over time she became fascinated with the Yequana, and made a decision to return to Venezuela to live with them.
She wrote her book, The Continuum Concept, to describe her new understanding of how we have lost much of our natural well-being, and to show us practical ways to regain it for our children and for ourselves.