Oliver Benjamin is the founder of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude, better known as Dudeism - a religion with over 600,000 ordained "Dudeist Priests" worldwide. He wrote and illustrated "The Tao of the Dude" and "The Dude De Ching", compiled and edited "Lebowski 101" and co-wrote "The Abide Guide," a Dudeist self help book.
He is also a travel writer ("The Outsider's Guide to Thailand"), and a novelist ("Holy Shit!"). Unpublished novels include "Big American Breakfast" and "Abyssinia."
His websites:
http://oliverbenjamin.net
http://dudeism.com
http://dudespaper.com