Lastly, many profound thanks are due to SparkPress, for accepting and refining my memoir, and making it possible to share my stories with thousands.
Also, thanks to my publicist, Crystal Patriarche and Tabitha Bailey for the tremendous publicity campaign throughout the country and placing me on the book publishing map.
About the Author
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Krishan Bedi came to the US by boat with only $300 in his pocket in December 1961. A twenty-year-old from the tiny village of Punjab, India, he had big dreams and ideas of what he wanted to do with his life. He eventually earned a master’s degree in industrial engineering at the University of Tennessee. After nine years in the US, he returned to India to have an arranged marriage; together, he and his wife returned to the States, where Bedi developed a career as a healthcare executive. He’s since served as member of several healthcare professional organizations, and is currently a member of the board of Indo-American Society of Peoria. Bedi is a contributing author to The Magic of Memoir, edited by Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner.
In his spare time, Bedi enjoys reading, cooking, spending time with friends and family, and participating each year in St. Jude’s 465-mile Memphis to Peoria relay-run, which has raised over $80,000 for the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He now lives with his wife in Peoria. They have three successful sons and five grandchildren.
SELECTED TITLES FROM SPARKPRESS
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The House that Made Me: Writers Reflect on the Places and People That Defined Them, edited by Grant Jarrett. $17, 978-1-940716-31-2. In this candid, evocative collection of essays, a diverse group of acclaimed authors reflect on the diverse homes, neighborhoods, and experiences that helped shape them—using Google Earth software to revisit the location in the process.
Quiet the Rage: How Learning to Manage Conflict Will Change Your Life (and the World), Richard Burke, $22.95, 978-1-943006-41-0. Where there are people, there is conflict—but conflict divides people. Here, expert Certified Professional Coach R.W. Burke helps readers understand how conflict works, how they themselves may actually be the source of the conflict they’re experiencing in their lives, and, most important, how to stop being that source.
A Story That Matters: A Gratifying Approach to Writing About Your Life, Gina Carroll, $16.95, 9-781-943006-12-0. With each chapter focusing on stories from the seminal periods of a lifetime— motherhood, childhood, relationships, work, and spirit—A Story That Matters provides the tools and motivation to craft and complete the stories of your life.
The Natives are Restless, Constance Hale. $40, 978-1-943006-06-9. Journalist Constance Hale presents the largely untold story of the dance tradition of hula, using the twin keyholes of Kumu Patrick Makuakane (a Hawaii-born, San Francisco-based hula master), and his 350-person arts organization. In the background, she weaves the poignant story of an ancient people and the resilience of their culture.
About SparkPress
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