Marshall Vian Summers, born on January 28, 1949, is an author and the founder of The Society for the New Message from God. His books include Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing (Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Spirituality Book of the Year), and Wisdom from the Greater Community: Volume II–How to Find Purpose, Meaning and Direction in an Emerging World (Winner of the 1997 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal Award for Spirituality).