理查德·巴赫（Richard Bach），美國著名作傢，詩人，飛行員。1936年齣生於伊利諾伊州，17歲開始學習飛行，1955年大學畢業後開始文學創作，陸續寫齣《海鷗喬納森》《幻影》《一》《雙翼飛機》《世界上從未有過的地方》等響譽世界的傑作。字裏行間常常深刻寄予個人心性，作品以堅定的力量和深邃的隱喻令全球讀者心馳神往，被譽為“來自天上的使者”。

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. This bestselling modern classic, reissued with a beautiful new cover design, is a story for people who want to follow their dreams and make their own rules and has inspired people for decades. 'Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight -- how to get from shore to food and back again,' writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. 'For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.' Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes this story soar. This bestselling modern classic is a fable about seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe or neighbourhood finds your ambition threatening (at one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock). By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan learns the meaning of love and kindness and gets the ultimate payoff -- transcendence. The dreamy illustrations by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations for this spirituality classic that has inspired thousands of readers to follow their own path in life and so fulfill their true potential.