The author, Ernest Rosenberg, holds a Ph.D. degree in psychology and a State of California teaching credential. He has taught from pre-school to graduate school in the public, private, and business sectors. He co-founded one of the early special education schools in the San Francisco Bay area and has run a home for teenagers in legal difficulty. He produced environmental education software, which was distributed by Apple Computer, Inc., and developed the first computer based training program adopted by the Zurich, Switzerland school system. He has two children and two grandchildren. He lived for seven years in a meditation ashram where prayer and study of the saints were among his primary spiritual practices. His website is: http: //www.mychildsprayers.com