The author of Fallen Phrase One is Richard Bach. Bach is an American writer specializing in the areas of aviation, fantasy, and philosophy. He is well known for some pretty popular books from the 1970s including Jonathan Livingston Seagull from 1970, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah from 1977, One: A Novel from 1989, and ten years later Out of My Mind published in 1999.
In most cases Bach’s books are at least semi biographical as he uses experiences from his own life to illustrate his philosophy. In addition to his philosophical novels Bach has a love of aviation and has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17. In turnaviation shows up in a lot of his novels.