Holly Bellebuono, MPA, is an internationally known herbalist and author of 6 nonfiction books published in 3 languages.  She is the founder of the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine (since 2011) curating a curriculum providing beginner, certificate and CEU-approved courses for clinicians supporting brain and mental health. She has taught and lectured in England, Costa Rica, Canada, Italy, Greece (2026) and across the United States. She leads international travel groups to inspiring destinations.

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Holly's books include the award-winning documentary book Women Healers of the World and Once Upon A Place: Forests, Caverns, and Other Places of Transformation in Myth, Fairy Tale and Film (print=Llewellyn 2025, audiobook = Tantor Media) is the landmark text on Mythic Settings. Holly teaches writer's workshops on writing craft, Setting, Sense of Place, and how to develop robust settings that advance character and plot in fiction and memoir.

 

As a multiple-award-winning entrepreneur and nonprofit executive, Holly holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration: Environmental Policy (Appalachian State University) and has executive certificates in Nonprofit Finance (Cornell), Corporate Social Responsibility (London Business School), and Impact Measurement & Management of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Duke University). She has served on the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Community of Practice and the Martha’s Vineyard Climate Action Plan Steering Committee (Economic Resilience).​​

 

Holly lives in North Carolina with her husband David and their cat Cookie.