Bookbinder, David J.: - David J. Bookbinder is a writer, photographer, and life coach. In addition to Street People, he is the author of Street People Portfolio: Invisible New York Made Visual, The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World, Paths to Wholeness: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas, What Folk Music is All About, two coloring books for adults, and three books about computer software.He is the recipient of teaching fellowships from Boston University and the University at Albany, and of writing residencies from the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His Flower Mandala images were awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in photography.David recently retired from a long career as a psychotherapist. He lives and writes north of Boston and is a native of Buffalo, New York.