I was born Peter Friedrich Sander in Darmstadt, Germany, to a German mother and father. My mother relinquished me to an orphanage at the age of one. Two years later I was adopted by an American couple, one of about 10,000 German children adopted by United States citizens during the 1950s-1970s. My autobiography, Outer Search\Inner Journey, is the first book written by a foreign born adoptee on the subject of international adoption.

As an author, I have been interviewed on television, radio and the Internet. Television appearances include Bay Area Psychology and the Canadian program A Test of Faith while radio interviews include The World, a news program co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International. My testimony was part of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on S682, the Intercountry Adoption Convention Implementation Act of 1999.

I am an international speaker on issues related to the adoption of children by foreign parents and was keynote speaker at New Zealand's National Adoption Conference. That speech is included as part of this website.

My academic credentials include B.A. and M.P.A degrees as well as an International Olympic Academy (Greece) graduate. I have worked as a member of the Washington State Legislative staff, was the Director of an international program for the U.S. Olympic Committee and an elite' Airborne-Ranger when serving as an American Army officer. But most important I continue to learn universal lessons while walking life's path.

At the request of many readers, I'm writing the screenplay to have Outer Search\Inner Journey made into a full-length film.

Storyboarding Outer Search Inner Journey for a movie

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Please contact me at e-mail: aphpub@hotmail.com