Colin Campbell is a writer and director for theater and film. He and his wife wrote and directed the short film Seraglio, which won Deauville’s Grand Prix and was nominated for an Academy Award. His play Golden Prospects was nominated for five LA Weekly Theater Awards and was a Critics’ Pick in Time Out New York and The Los Angeles Times. Campbell teaches screenwriting at Chapman University and theater at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from Columbia University. His solo performance piece titled Grief: A One Man Shit-Show premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, where it won a Best of Broadwater Award.
“An astonishing and near-miraculous achievement. After experiencing
the staggering, shocking loss of two beautiful children, Colin
Campbell summons up reservoirs of memory, attention, and compassion
to give other grieving, stricken people a complete taxonomy and
analysis of the emotions that will engulf and bewilder them but can
also guide them through agony and grief. In this work which borders
on prayer, Campbell makes the unlivable livable and the unbearable
bearable, at least barely. It’s hard for me to recollect a greater
act of human solidarity and emotional decency than the writing of
this magnificent and gut-wrenching book.”
—Congressman Jamie Raskin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Unthinkable
"Finding the Words is a masterclass not only on grief, but on
survival. The tragic deaths of Colin Campbell's teenage children,
Ruby and Hart, created a sinkhole of sorrow so deep it felt as
though it might consume the world. Though this book emerged from
that terrible loss, it never feels despairing. Instead, with
profound vulnerability, unflinching honesty, and startling humor,
Campbell offers a rare glimpse at the depths of unimaginable loss
and a pathway forward toward renewed life. This book's timeless
wisdom is a gift to anyone with a broken heart, and to all who care
for the broken-hearted with love."
—Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi of IKAR
"An honest, pragmatic, and comforting field guide for each of us
searching for a way to live with loss."
—Steve Leder, bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains
“Few books have captured, with such painful grace, the reality of
catastrophic loss like Colin Campbell's. My heart broke open
reading Finding the Words. In this beautiful and poetic narrative,
Ruby and Hart’s dad takes the reader on a winding road of emotions,
from grief and loneliness to meaning and threads of hope. I wept
many kinds of tears reading this book. And I am better for having
read it.”
—Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, author of Bearing the Unbearable
"This is one of the most honest and refreshing takes on grief I've
ever read. Finding the Words weaves the author's deeply personal
story of loss with truly useful advice and insights. This profound
book will offer comfort, guidance, and hope to anyone seeking
something to hold onto in even the darkest of times."
—Claire Bidwell Smith, author of Anxiety: The Missing Stage of
Grief
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