Gary Renard, the best-selling author of The Disappearance of the
Universe and Your Immortal Reality, was born on the historic North
Shore of Massachusetts. He became a successful professional guitar
player, but during the harmonic convergence of 1987, he heard a Calling
and began to take his life in a different direction. At the beginning
of the 1990's, he moved to Maine, where he underwent a powerful
spiritual awakening. As instructed, he slowly and carefully wrote
Disappearance over a period of nine years. In the fall of 2003, after
much encouragement from other speakers and students, Gary began to
present talks and workshops in public. His speaking career took off
remarkably fast, and today he lectures internationally.

Combining a disarming sense of humor with radical, cutting-edge
metaphysical information and experiential exercises, Gary has been
described as one of the most interesting and courageous spiritual
speakers in the world. Over the past five years, he has spoken in 41
states, 13 countries, and was the keynote speaker at the International
A Course in Miracles Conferences in Salt Lake City and San Francisco.
Gary is also the most recent recipient of the Infinity Foundation
Spirit Award. The award is given to a person who has made a meaningful
contribution to personal and spiritual growth. Past recipients include
Dan Millman, Ram Dass, Gary Zukav, James Redfield and Neale Donald
Walsch.