Featured Interview With Richard Dietrich Maddox
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in the Midwest and graduated with honors from Princeton University. After graduation, I spent five years in Europe studying literature and preparing to teach meditation. I taught meditation fulltime for two years before serving as the Vice President of Sales for seven successful high-tech startup companies. In 2005, I retired from the business world to concentrate on writing. I am the author of the number-one Amazon-bestselling Enlightenment novels, “Remembering Eternity,” “The Whisper of a Saint,” “Enlightened Relations: The Life in a Day,” and “The Enlightenment of Joshua Inly,” all of which have been highly acclaimed by readers. I now live in Los Gatos, California.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I loved to read fairy tales and folklore as a child. After college, I attempted to read literature “from the top down,” reading all the best authors and all their works. My book collection is quite large.
I began preparing to write after graduating from college, studying various fields of knowledge that would be helpful to my work. I wrote here and there before retiring early to write full-time in 2005.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have, as I mentioned, read literature extensively over decades. At present, I am spending my time reading spiritual texts, largely Indian Vedanta works such as “Yoga Vasishtha.”
My writing has the goal of inspiring readers to look inward, discover Pure Consciousness, and begin to focus on their Enlightenment. Although the work is fiction, it brings the teaching of Enlightened Masters to the stories.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
“The Enlightenment of Joshua Inly” is the story of a very special boy, who is born in a high state of consciousness, and who has profound effects on everyone with whom he interacts. He discovers his musical genius at an early age, and begins to compose works that have the power to spiritually uplift their listeners. Joshua meets a retired monk, with whom he feels an immediate bond, and the book is largely the tale of their adventures together.
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