Richard Todd Devens

Richard Devens is a classically trained pianist who actively performs and teaches. He is also a public speaker who regularly addresses audiences throughout the country on a multitude of topics. As a writer, his articles have appeared in newspapers as well as such music magazines as Piano Guild Notes ("What is Talent?" 1992; "Earl Wild - The Romantic Master," 1996), and martial arts magazines such as Kung Fu Tai Chi (formerly Kungfu Wushu), Official Karate, Karate/Kung-fu Illustrated, and Black Belt. Richard co-authored the book Martial Arts for Kids (Weatherhill, 1997). His second book, Rational Polemics, was a 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Award Winner, a 2014 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award recipient, and a second-place winner in Philosophy at the 20th Annual Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Book Awards, also in 2014. Dialogues with the Wise Woman was a 2024 Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner and a first-place winner in Philosophy at the 2024 Pacific Book Awards. He is passionate about philosophy, human achievement, and transcendence. He lives in New York.