[2][3] His column, titled "The Last Resort," published in the Orlando Sentinel, answers questions trying to help companies and consumers resolve conflicts.
The story focused on a high school English teacher, who was forced to keep his sexual identity hidden, because being gay at the time was seen as taboo.
[6] The book tells the story of his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson, who as a teenage girl escaped from the Holocaust along with her sister.
By assuming new identities and playing piano for German soldiers the sisters survived the holocaust and made their way to the United States.
[6][9] A short documentary, also titled Hiding in the Spotlight, was written and directed by Dawsons wife, Candy; it was released in April 2010.