Author: Stephen Weinstock

In his past life before writing his fantasy series 1001: The Reincarnation Chronicles, Stephen Weinstock created music for theater companies, choreographers, and dance studios (Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham). His theater works included the musical Rock and Roy, with writer Barry Jay Kaplan, about the double life of Rock Hudson. He has worked as a musician/teacher at UC Berkeley, Princeton, Juilliard, and LaGuardia Arts HS (the ‘Fame’ school). For years he had the idea of a novel puzzling out an intricate past life history between a group of souls, a qaraq, traveling through Time. Only with the epiphany of using the ancient frame tale structures of The Thousand and One Nights did he decide to jump fields. By day he still brings dancers to ecstasy with his improvisations, but at night he enters the world of metempsychosis, time-honored storytelling, and worlds ranging from historical fiction to romantic fantasy. The first three visionary fiction novels in the 1001 series are published and available. The next three are coming along swimmingly. As Stephen nears retirement at the Fame school, he prepares to write full-time and delves into Akashic Records readings. You can find more information on the 1001 series, Stephen’s posts on culture and cosmos, and free book offers on his website, www.qaraqbooks.com.