Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach and illustrated by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. Bach wrote it as a series of short stories that were published in "Flying" magazine in the late 1960s. It was first published in book form in 1970, and by the end of 1972 over a million copies were in print. "Reader's Digest" published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the "New York Times" Best Seller list, where
Jonathon Coudrille Jonathon Coudrille Jonathon Xavier Coudrille (born Jonathan Coudrill) is an English artist, musician and writer. Born in November 1945 in Cadgwith, Cornwall, he lived from a young age on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, an area with which he is still closely associated. His father was the artist and ventriloquist Francis Coudrill. In 2011 he founded the Lizard Stuckists. With notable contributions in a number of fields, Jonathon Coudrille can be described as a polymath. After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1957 to 1961, Coudrille started out in broadcasting at the age of 17, appearing as a