Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with great sadness that we share with you that our beloved author and friend, David Chadwick, died yesterday, after a battle with cancer. All of us at Monkfish worked with David with pride and delight, publishing his Tassajara Stories in the fall of last year. And then, just a few months ago, we finalized the text for the follow-up volume, which will appear on our fall 2026 list. (With David’s blessing we changed the title just last week, and you will see it soon wherever you purchase books.)
David was a brilliant, gentle soul, a most dedicated promulgator of the life and teachings of his great teacher, Shunryu Suzuki.
We like to think that these two books of David’s are now our way of promoting the life and teachings of David, as well. His life and story fills them, too.
Yours truly,
Jon
