Richard Sinay was a high school and college English and reading teacher in Orange County, California, for 35 years. He spends most of his time reading, writing, and playing a bit of golf. With the completion of Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments…, this is his tenth publication. His most recent publications were two books in his Confessions Series. Confessions of an English Teacher: How Textbooks Affect Literacy Improvement and What to Do to Solve It, and Confessions of an English Teacher: All About the Teaching of Writing at the High School Level are two additional books about teaching English at the secondary and postsecondary levels. His first book, Who We Met on the Way to Stanford: A Father's Memoir, recounts how he and his son met famous golfers while pursuing a golf scholarship at Stanford. His second publication was How to Get a Golf Scholarship to Stanford: A Parent's Guide, intended for parents who want to see their golfer play for Stanford. His third publication, Observations of America and My Ancestral Past: An Epistolary Autobiography, is a daily account of a twenty-five-thousand-mile trip around the country. His subsequent work, Crazy Little Children Are Jangling the Keys of the Kingdom: The Estrangement Epidemic in America, examines the phenomenon. Following that, his Confessions of an English Teacher: A Memoir of My Teaching Years is the first of his books about teaching English in California high schools and community colleges. He followed that with Confessions of an English Teacher: How High School and Community Colleges Can Improve Instruction. His most recent publication was a book of poetry titled When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought… He currently resides in Palm Desert, California.