Dick Tres '70 taught at Justin-Siena High School in Napa for 35 years, a fellow Christian Brother high school. His first book “The Man without a Party, The Trials of Carl von Ossietzky,” a historical fiction piece based on the life of the activist-journalist who won the ’35 Nobel Peace Prize while being tortured in Nazi camps, was published in 2019 by Beacon Publishing Group as a paperback and e-book. An audio version, dramatically read by Dr. Jennifer King, is also available.