David Godman is a respected researcher and scholar of Sri Ramana Maharshi's life and teachings. He has written or edited 16 books and numerous articles about Sri Ramana, Sri Ramana's direct disciples, and related topics. His first book, Be As You Are, published in 1985, has become the standard anthology of Sri Ramana's writings. He has spent most of his life in Tiruvanammalai where Sri Ramana's ashram is.