Roger Fisher is the Samuel Williston Professor of Law
Emeritus and director emeritus of the Harvard Negotiation
Project.
William Ury cofounded the Harvard Negotiation Project and is
the award-winning author of several books on negotiation.
Bruce Patton is cofounder and Distinguished Fellow of the
Harvard Negotiation Project and the author of Difficult
Conversations, a New York Times bestseller.
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