The book was inspired by a dinner party at my house. I had some friends over and they were complaining that there were no nice books, no fairy tales, no Alice in Wonderland’s available in the world any longer. They said every book had he who could not be named or giant spiders or monsters…
I have always loved knowing the backstory of books, movies, and even people’s behavior. I want to understand the motivation, rationale, and goal of everything. I love E: True Hollywood Stories and VHI’s Behind the Music so I decided to do a Behind the Pages of Crumbs Aren’t Enough to give you the backstory on…
In July, 1992, when I was in Milan, I saw a poster of two men in friendly consultation. The slogan beneath the portrait said: “Non li avete uccisi, le loro idee camminano sulle nostre gambe!” “You did not kill them: their ideas walk on our legs.” Those two men were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino,…
As a young child, I didn’t believe God existed. I had prayed and prayed for God to stop my torment, but He didn’t. As I grew, I kept hearing, “Jesus loves the little children…” So I figured that if God does love kids, he surely hates me. And, He must hate me because I am…
It began with a dream. In that half-nightmare, I was a young male professor, fired from his teaching position for having seduced the daughter of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. I felt compelled to record this remarkable dream as a short story, which grew to 50 pages before I realized it had become…
I lived in Turkey during my twenties. It was an incredible experience. Not only did I learn to speak Turkish, but I also made wonderful friends and learned a ton about their customs and folklore. Many Turkish people believe in the cin (pronounced ‘jean’). Not the jinn as westerners know it; you know, the genie that comes…
I’ll start in left field. I had never written a children’s book before. I had no intention of writing a children’s book. I set out to write a story that would make someone I care about laugh. Here’s what happened. A few years ago my my mother-in-law, who is a great friend of mine, was diagnosed with breast…
“Depression and Your Child” grew out of my experience of being a psychologist who specializes in the treatment of pediatric depression. I wanted to write a parenting book to raise awareness about depressive disorders in children, teach parents how to find treatment, offer tips for creating a healthy living environment and highlight important adult parenting…
Over the last decade, I have led poverty alleviation and sustainable development projects in Kenya, Tanzania, India, China and other countries. These projects range from telemedicine systems and ruggedized biomedical devices to low-cost greenhouses, solar food dryers and rainwater harvesting systems. Between the humble successes and the countless failures, I have gained a good understanding…
This is really an amazing story. Everything started one morning in autumn of 2009, when I was driving on I-276, from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. By the time I was crossing the bridge over the Delaware River, it was pouring and lightings were pitchforked in the sky, when suddenly an idea hit me like a…
The Story Behind the Book 