Ethan Nichtern

Ethan Nichtern is an American author and Buddhist teacher. He is based in New York City. His books include The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path (2015, FSG North Point Press), The Dharma of The Princess Bride (2017, FSG North Point) and Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life's Eight Worldy Winds (2024, New Work Library).

Ethan Nichtern
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Los Angeles, California, United States
Parents	David Nichtern (father) Janice Ragland (mother)

Nichtern has discussed the relevance of Buddhism in the 21st century on ABC/Yahoo News,^[1] CNN,^[2] NPR^[3] ABC News, Vogue.com,^[4] and The New York Times.^[5]

Nichtern is the son of musician/composer David Nichtern, who is also a Buddhist teacher, and Janice Ragland, a painter who later became a psychotherapist. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1978 and raised in New York City. In 2016, he married Marissa Dutton^[6] and the two separated and later divorced in 2021.^{[citation needed]}