Paula Marvelly read her undergraduate honours degree in English at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and then went on to complete a postgraduate M.Phil research degree in European Studies at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.

Her books include The Teachers of One: Conversations on the Nature of Nonduality and Women of Wisdom: The Journey of the Sacred Feminine through the Ages.

She is Editor of advaita-academy.org.