Allan H. Goodman
Author of the best-selling books on conflict resolution, Basic Skills for the New Mediator and Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator, and the historical mystery novel, Father, Son, Stone.
Allan H. Goodman is a judge, a mediator, an arbitrator, and an author of fiction and nonfiction.
His two best-selling nonfiction books on conflict resolution – Basic Skills for the New Mediator (2nd edition) and Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator (2nd edition) – are used for self-training and as textbooks in conflict resolution programs, colleges, universities, and law schools. These books are a must for new practitioners! Experienced mediators and arbitrators will also find many useful suggestions for improving their skills. Written in a question-and-answer format, they address the one hundred questions most frequently asked by new mediators and arbitrators, providing clear, concise, and practical "hands-on" instructions.
Allan’s novel, Father, Son, Stone, is a mystery that takes place in Israel and focuses on a historical enigma - why Moshe Dayan returned the Temple Mount to the Muslim authority immediately after the Six-Day War in 1967. The story begins in the future, then sweeps the reader into the past and back again, telling a tale of personal loss, religious and legal conflict, political ambition, and family secrets hidden for generations. The lives of the historical and fictional characters weave various story lines into a page-turning narrative that is timely, informative, and suspenseful. The book concludes with the author's afterword, historical chronology, discussion of the characters, and annotated bibliography that inform the reader about the historical and fictional framework of the novel.
