Ray Hemachandra is the author of a Publishers Weekly 2012 Best Book of the Year--Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry--which was also an Amazon Best Book of the Month in March 2013 and April 2013. Ray has been publishing director, business manager, and social media and marketing lead for Lark Jewelry & Beading, a sub-imprint of Lark Books; a mind/body/spirit writer, interviewer, and blogger; a newspaper, business magazine, and book writer and editor; and an activist, advocate, and family trainer in the autism community. Originally from New York, he lives with his son in Asheville, North Carolina.