May 23, 2016
William Martin is an award-winning author whose work expresses the practical wisdom and inspiration of Taoist thought for contemporary readers.
A native of California, Bill graduated from the University of
California at Berkeley with a degree in Electronic Engineering.
After four years working for the Navy as a research scientist, he
returned to graduate school. He earned a Masters degree from
Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He did not find
himself fitting within the Christian Church clergy structure so,
guided by his love of the Tao Te Ching, he began to seek his own
way. He spent two decades in private practice as a Marriage and
Family Counselor in Phoenix, Arizona, and taught counseling for
many years at Rio Salado College in Phoenix. He has been a student
of the Tao for four decades.
In 1998 he and his wife Nancy, decided to simplify their lives so
they sold most of their possessions, left their careers, gathered
their remaining belongings into a 5X8 foot U-Hall trailer and moved
to the Oregon coast. Nancy worked at a small Inn and Bill wrote a
book. In 1999, after a year of strolling along the beaches, walking
through the forests, and feeling the intense joy of the natural
world, they moved to the mountains of Northern California. They
live a somewhat private existence, connecting with their close
friends and with their individual work. They walk, read, enjoy
qigong and cherish their life together. Nancy is a traditional
bookbinder, restoring old books and creating hand-bound editions of
new ones (www.nwbookbinding.com). Bill
continues to write and paint in the Taoist tradition.
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