Temperance Alden is a social media strategist and the author of the book Year of the Witch, published in 2020. She began her spiritual journey with family traditions and has devoted more than twenty years to developing and practicing her personal path of witchcraft and paganism. Temperance studied history at Salem State University and is currently studying religion in South Florida. In her free time, she enjoys blogging and reading what some might consider too many books. Temperance leads the online community Wild Woman Witchcraft and loves teaching folk witchcraft to the next generation of witches. She hosts the FolkCraft podcast and can be found on YouTube.