Adam E. Stone

Adam E. Stone was born in Madison, Wisconsin. His mother was feminist artist Saribenne Evesong, and his father was journalist Vernon A. Stone.

Mr. Stone's first novel, Xamon Song (Global Dialogue Press, 2006), explores the dangers of corporate control of government, and examines human rights issues in the context of globalization and the rights of indigenous persons. Xamon Song has been used as a human rights learning tool in high schools and colleges in the United States and Canada.

His second novel, Kingston Fugue, (Global Dialogue Press, 2007), examines the role of the nonconformist in contemporary American society, the relativity of many of our conceptions of mental illness, the gritty economic realities of the working poor, and the complex, often contradictory, relationship between memory, personality, will and reality, all within a literary structure that mirrors the musical form of the fugue, in which the theme of a piece is extended and developed mainly by imitative counterpoint.

Mr. Stone's third novel, The New Harmonies (Global Dialogue Press, 2009), follows three working-class musicians in Southern Illinois as they seek harmony in their personal lives and their professional ones.

His fourth novel, Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions (Global Dialogue Press, 2010) introduces a new medium for literary fiction: the "novel in visions," which combines audio of the novel's text with still photographs of some of its action, packaged in DVD format. The novel tells the story of Ta'li, a young runaway whose Cherokee ancestors died on the Trail of Tears. Searching for peace for herself and the world, Ta'li finds herself in the swamps of Southern Illinois' Cache River, where, with the help of the Swamp Asp and the legendary Big Muddy Monster, she embarks on a daring quest to bring her vision of empathy, empowerment, unity, social justice and ecological wisdom to a humanity seemingly bent on self-destruction.

Since 2010, Mr. Stone has focused his efforts on film, and has written, directed, and produced short films that have been Official Selections at over 125 film festivals worldwide.