Walter Stewart is a California native who earned a doctorate from UCLA in Germanic Philology and Linguistics. He teaches in several disciplines at a private university including German, Philosophy, International Studies, Egyptology, and Film Studies and gives lectures in Quantum Mechanics.
       In addition to his academic activities, he specializes in the life and works of the philosopher Nietzsche about whom he has written both a scholarly study as well his novel, Zarathustra. Stewart also has been a scriptwriter for the last ten years.
       He has written, executive produced, and directed the film Sweet Deadly Dreams (see www.sweetdeadlydreams.com). It is a film-noir thriller that was shot in and around the Los Angeles area. The cast includes John Ashton, Kaarina Aufranc, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bill Cobbs, Andre Gower, Steven Man, Rickey Medlocke, Terry Moore, J.A. Preston, Quinn Redeker, and Joe Toppe. This endeavor is the result his scriptwriting experience and of many years of teaching concerning Film Noir, film production, directing, and criticism.
       Stewart resides just outside of Los Angeles. His personal web site is at www.datagirl.com/d.

ZARATHUSTRA
Walter Stewart

ISBN 0-9580543-0-4
268 pages
$15.95