Biography for James Redfield JAMES REDFIELD is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, including The Tenth Insight, The Secret of Shambhala, The Celestine Vision and, of course The Sunday Times bestseller, The Celestine Prophecy, which also spent more than three years on the New York Times bestseller list. This remarkable book was also the world's No.1 bestselling work of fiction for two consecutive years. James Redfield lives in Alabama. Biography for Michael Murphy Michael Murphy co-founded the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California. In 1980 he helped create the Esalen Institute's Soviet-American Exchange programme which promoted and foreshadowed greater communication between Soviet and American writers, social activists and political leaders. Murphy is the author of such books as Golf in the Kingdom, The Future of the Body and The Life We Are Given (with George Leonard). He lives in Sausalito, California. Biography for Sylvia Timbers Sylvia Timbers has been involved in consciousness studies and training for over twenty-five years, developing multi-media projects and practices focused on psychological and spiritual development. She has worked as a counsellor to the terminally ill and is currently writing and co-producing a feature-length documentary about Tibet.