John Gray (U.S. author)

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John Gray (U.S. author) : biography

28 December 1951 –

John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long term best seller and formed the central theme of all his subsequent books and career activities. His books have been bought by millions of people around the world while drawing criticism from academics for trivializing the dynamics of relationship psychology.

Books and other publications

  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
  • Mars and Venus on a Date
  • What You Feel You Can Heal
  • Men, Women and Relationships
  • Mars and Venus in Love
  • Mars and Venus Together Forever: A Practical Guide to Creating Lasting Intimacy
  • Mars and Venus in the Bedroom
  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Book of Days
  • Mars and Venus Starting Over
  • How To Get What You Want and Want What You Have
  • Children Are from Heaven
  • Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus: Nine Principles for Lasting Love, Increasing Success, and Vibrant Health in the Twenty-first Century
  • Mars and Venus in the Workplace
  • Truly Mars & Venus
  • The Mars & Venus Diet & Exercise Solution
  • Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress
  • Mars and Venus: 365 Ways to Keep Passion Alive
  • Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice – Hormonal Balance – The Key to Life, Love, and Energy
  • 75 Ways To Say I Love You (Co-Author Darren Stephens) ISBN 9780957974012 http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=&lang=en&isbn=9780957974012&submit=Search&new_used=*&destination=au&currency=AUD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr
  • How To Release Stress Through Relaxation (Co-Author Darren Stephens) ISBN 9780957974005 http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=&lang=en&isbn=9780957974005&submit=Search&new_used=*&destination=au&currency=AUD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr
  • Work with Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business (Co-Author Barbara Annis) ISBN 9780230341906

Personal life

Gray married self-help author Barbara De Angelis and they divorced in 1984. Gray married his current wife, Bonnie, in 1986. Gray has a daughter and two stepdaughters.

Career

In 1969, Gray attended a Transcendental Meditation lecture, later becoming a celibate and personal assistant to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for nine years.The chronology of American literature: America’s literary achievements , By Daniel S. Burt, page 696, New England Publishing Associates 2004,

In 1992, Gray published his book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus which has sold more than seven million copies and according to a 1997 report by the book’s publisher, HarperCollins, is the all time, best-selling hard-cover nonfiction book. The book became a "popular paradigm" for problems in relationships based on the different tendencies in each gender and led to infomercials, audiotapes and videotapes, weekend seminars, theme vacations, a one-man Broadway show, an TV sitcom plus a movie contract with 20th Century Fox. Retrieved July 2011 The book has been published in 40 languages and has earned Gray almost $18 million. Retrieved July 2011 Gray was accused of borrowing from the work of author Deborah Tannen and he acknowledges some similarities but says, "I was teaching those ideas before I’d heard of her." Other critics have accused Gray of limiting human psychology to stereotypes.

In 1997, Gray and Darren Stephens co-founded Mars Venus Institute. Darren Stephens was co-founder and CEO of the company.