About the Author:  Dr. Dudley Weeks, PhD, is widely known throughout the US and the world for his contributions in various fields, including conflict resolution, education, organizational planning, and human resource development.  He is an author of both non-fiction and fiction.  Currently in print and works in progress are listed below.

About the Books:

The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution, preserving relationships at work, at home, and in the community. (1992/4, Tarcher/Penguin).  ISBN 0-87477-79-8
Offers a new perspective on the nature of conflict, outlines a proven eight-step method for resolving differences, and discusses how to handle frequent problem areas.

From back cover: “Whatever the nature of our dispute, this book can guide you to an enduring resolution.  Here, world-renowned mediator Dudley Weeks presents a tested method for resolving stubborn differences of opinion that can be damaging to professional and personal lives.”
Available at Amazon and major booksellers

Ocho pasos pra resolver conflictos (1993, Javier Vergara) ISBN 950151341
Spanish edition of The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution.   
Available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9501513041) and by special order from booksellers.

Note:  This book has also been published in several other languages.  The latest translation into German will be available in the Spring or Summer of 2008 accompanied by a CD.  Seek information on a desired translation from the author.

 Through The Mist (2002)is a 220 page collection of Dudley Weeks poetry including many new poems as well as his national award-winning and most popular poems from previous collections.  ISBN 1401055869 (hardcover) 1401055850 (softcover)

From poetry critic Simone Adavar: “I have worked many years as a professional poetry critic, and I consider Dudley Weeks one of my favorite poets.  One reason is the incredible diversity and strength of his ideas and style, a strength that reflects the amazingly diverse and remarkable life he has lived and continues to live….Dudley brings to each moment and each person a passion for life, a brilliant mind, kindness of heart, and skills to help us all empower ourselves to improve. ..I think you will find Through The Mist a most worthwhile experience.
Available from Amazon, by special order from other booksellers and directly from the author at booksandmusic@dudleyweeks.com

On Love & Change and Other Subversive Things (1999)  poetry: 141 pages.  ISBN 0917517025
 From reviewer Anton Pelossa: “As with Dudley himself, there are threads of fun, hope, and what he himself calls “becoming, not just being”, woven throughout the struggle, joy, pathos, and creativity his poetry explores.  Every time I see or hear his creative works, whether through his poetry, music, scripts, art, or numerous books and articles, I am challenged to think, feel, and act, and always, always to reach for the more constructive parts of myself and others.” 
Available only from the author.  Limited numbers only.
So Far To Go When We Get There (1992) poetry: 98 pages ISBN 0917517014
From reviewer Damian Thomas: “Emerging from the creativity and extraordinary life experiences of this remarkable man, the works included in this collection explore and touch the mind, heart, and spirit of individual and social humanity, always empowering us to reach for our positive potential.” 
Available only from the author.  Limited numbers only.

Coming future works of Dudley Weeks:

Non-Fiction:
Making Each Moment Matter : Twelve principles and LifeSkills for Effective Action and Interaction
This long awaited follow up to The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution focuses on practical, proven Principles and LifeSkills to help people build effective and sustainable cooperation in relationships, the work place, organizations, and communities, and to resolve conflicts.  The clear language and numerous examples taken from actual experiences help readers from all walks of life learn, remember, and apply the Principles and LifeSkills.  All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

Footsteps In The Wind, Volume 1: Odyssey to the Future The author’s memoirs focus on the around the world adventures that led him to give his life to seeking peace among men.  Manuscript complete.  All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, Agent

Footsteps in the Wind, Volume II.  In progress. Focus on the author’s work in over 100 countries around the world.

Myths We Live By (and might die from).  In progress

Fiction:
Revolution of Hope, a thriller with romantic sub-theme provides a timely alternative to war as the solution to troubled societies through the eyes Asha, a remarkable young woman from a totalitarian society as she learns and grows in the presence of peacemaker Connor Rawlings. All rights available.Contact Mattie Tolley, agent   WINNER PEACEWRITING  INTERATIONAL WRITING AWARD 2008 SPONSORED BY PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION AND OMNI CENTER FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGY

The Aliki Trilogy, three stand alone novels that chronicle the life of a young biracial woman born in the jungles of Borneo who is suddenly thrust into a modern urban world fleeing a terrorist group with Kevin, the American she has come to love.
 To Paint The World With Special Colors opens the story as Aliki makes the transition to a wider world battling to keep her values and love intact.  Manuscript complete.  All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.
On Butterfly Wings continues the saga of Aliki and Kevin as they battle the courts when Kevin is charged under the terrorist act of multiple murders. Manuscript complete. All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.
A third as yet to be titled novel concludes the saga of Aliki and Kevin.  Manuscript in progress.

Collisions of Chance, a thriller with women’s literature overtones. Three strong women, a savvy Washington reporter, an FBI agent, and a compassionate actress are brought together by chance after a young homeless woman witnesses a deliberate hit and run car collision, finding themselves deep in a political conspiracy with a surprising twist. The chance connection will challenge and change all of them forever. All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

 Passages Through Time, a paranormal thriller/women’s lit/romance explores the potential of humans to experience events of the past and future, in this case using them to unravel a dangerous international plot and develop an abiding love.  The exotic Zoe deals with many issues women around the world experience with inspiring outcomes. All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

The Wind and Chimes at Play, a two part mixed genre story told in satire, dialogue, storytelling, and philosophical ‘coffee breaks’, explores the mind of eccentric adventurer/philosopher
/author Sec then joins him in his latest adventure as he offers a unique free vacation to 10 very different people who will change not only each other but Sec as well. All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

Exposed, a thriller/romance in two parts develops relationships based on gendre equality and mutual appreciation during the exposure of a frightening political conspiracy with a surprise twist.  All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

Between Two Worlds, an international thriller drawing from the author’s own work in peacemaking presents the clear choice between violent and nonviolent change as Wil, a member of a lethal clandestine US military unit discovers the positive potential of a group of young people and finds love for himself when he switches course to become a peacemaker in the still troubled Balkan states of Serbia and Bosnia.  All rights available.  Contact Mattie Tolley, agent.

To Contact the Author:
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 Coming work of L. D. Wenzel: Caught In The Winds, the story of the spiritual coming of age of a young college student caught in the winds of a mixed religious heritage and his own philosophical questions.

.L.D. Wenzel grew up in midwest America, majored in philosophy at Wheaton College (IL), He presently lives in Norway.
his first novel.

“Gypsy feet and writer’s soul."  That’s how Zee Angle refers to herself having spent over a decade traveling this great country and journaling her experiences.  Zee then set out on a new adventure ignited only by the imagination and thus her first novel, Extinguished, was completed.  She now writes for your reading pleasure from her home in Northern Wisconsin.

Bob Birnschein is a single father and a former educator.  He was inspired to pen Monkey Stripes after telling it verbally countless times to his kids’ as one of their favorite bedtime stories. Monkey Stripes is the first in a projected series of children's animal stories introducing the reader to endangered animals and what they can do to help preserve them. The second in the series is "The Madly Dancing Crane."

Starseeker Gambit is the first in a series of modern science fiction focusing on starships in exploration of the galaxy. This series focuses on the real technology and possiblities of space exploration. Bob bases his fiction on very real science learned during his time as a contracted employee of NASA and projects it 80 years into Earth's future.

Bob lives in rural Wisconsin with his son, daughter, and dog and enjoys listening to the cows moo and crickets chirp.

(Picture not available) Tim Lawver is a debut author of contemporary psychological fantasy. His first book, The Reverie, takes the reader to world of dreamers by day, ordinary people by day, where what starts as a fun fantasy turns out to be so much more. Growing up in six different states and three foreign countries, Timothy Lawver developed a unique outlook on life, culture, and what it means to be normal.  He earned a degree in psychology and then went on to medical school.  He currently lives in Dayton, OH where he is a licensed physician in training to become a psychiatrist.  In addition to fiction, Dr. Lawver writes about psychiatric issues.

Maryann Appel was born in 1961 and was raised in the suburbs of New Jersey. In 1983, she graduated from the University of Hartford in Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Advertising Design and a minor in Art History. She has been involved in the graphics business for over 20 years. As an art director, she has worked in the creative departments of corporations and Fortune 500 companies alike, as well as small creative boutiques and non-profit organizations She lives in the rural township of Hardwick, New Jersey with her husband and two children and an assortment of dogs and cats. She is an avid owner of two horses, and an active participant in western pleasure riding. The Memory of Dancing, an exploration of forbidden love and clashing cultures is her first novel.