Books By Douglas H. Melloy - Author

Douglas H. Melloy was born in Los Angeles, California in 1956. He is 64 years old. His family dynamic was one of the physically absent father and emotionally unavailable mother. This was a catalyst for rage. At age five, he became consciously aware. At age ten, he made the decision to heal anger as a catalyst. This took him thirty-six years to accomplish. At age eighteen, he began meditating every day. He began studying martial arts in 1974. He also began learning how to play music. He earned his black belt with Ed Parker's Kenpo in 1980. He has also studied Tai Chi, Choi Li Fut gung fu, and Tae Kwon Do. His first instrument was drums. He played traps. Five years later he switched to playing congas. He has learned from seven different teachers. He also plays bongos, djembae, ashiko, dumbek, timbales, steel drum, and hapi drum. He plays every genre of music. In 1980 he made the decision to become a writer. He attended City College in San Francisco for two years, 1981-82. He stopped and went t