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\section{About the Author}
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\lettrine[lraise=0.15]{W}{illiam} Zeitler (``ZITE-ler'') is an author, composer,
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pianist, organist, and glass armonica performer.
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He is the creator of GrailHeart.com:
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stories and music at the threshold of myth and prayer.
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As a glass armonica performer, he has performed at the Kennedy Center,
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and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Blue Man Group.
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He has also been a college mathematics instructor and a software engineer at Microsoft.
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He paid his own way through a degree at Cal-Arts by building harpsichords and restoring pianos.
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William did not come to the subject of Longing theoretically.
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He has been to the Underworld --- kicking and screaming --- more than once.
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What he found there, and what carried him through, is what this book is about.
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He lives in Southern California with his wife Sue and their cat Katie.
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