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\textchapter{About the Author}

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William Zeitler ("ZITE-ler") is an author, composer, a glass armonica performer, 
and the creator of GrailHeart.com: stories and music at the threshold of myth 
and prayer. 

He has performed at the Kennedy Center and at the Hollywood Bowl, built harpsichords with his own hands, 
and written code for Microsoft.

But the work that has mattered most has been harder to name: 
learning to sit with darkness long enough to discover what it has to say ---
that the most human moments are often the most luminous.

These stories come from that sitting.

William lives in Southern California with his wife Sue and their cat Katie.