Peter Godwin is an award winning author, journalist, and filmmaker. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he studied at Cambridge and Oxford and became a foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times (London) and BBC TV, reporting from more than sixty-five countries. Nothing prepared Goodwin for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe in 2008.... read full bio
Robin Hemleys childhood made a wedgie of his memory, leaving him sore and embarrassed for over forty years. He was the most pitiful kindergartner, the least spirited summer camper and dateless for prom. In fact, theres nary an event from his youth that couldnt use improvement. If only he could do them all over a few decades later, with an... read full bio
Heather B. Armstrong is widely acknowledged to be the most popular ""mommy blogger"" in the world. She has more than 1.5 million followers on Twitter and was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 most influential women in media, along with Diane Sawyer, Kelly Ripa, and Oprah Winfrey. Time Magazine has twice listed her website as one of... read full bio
Miguel Algarin is the “poet laureate” of the Lower East Side and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City, where he has nurtured the spoken and written word for over three decades. Through the Café, Algarin helped cultivate the popular “slam” poetry movement. Since 1974, the Nuyorican Poets Café has captured the flavor of the streets serving... read full bio
Therese Borchard is author of the hit blog Beyond Blue on Beliefnet.com, and moderates the popular depression support group on Beliefnets social networking site. Borchards memoir, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes, describes her experience of living with manic depression as well as provides cutting-edge research and information on dealing with mood disorders.... read full bio
William Paul Young is author of the break away best seller, The Shack. With over 6.1 million copies in print and 49 weeks at # 1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, this book is stirring up conversations about God around the world. The Shack points people back to the Bible and ultimately to the love of God for... read full bio
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James Frey is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. His first book, A Million Little Pieces, was published by Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday in the United States in April of 2003. It was a New York Times bestseller and was named the best book of 2003 by Amazon.com. It was subsequently published in thirty countries and became a bestseller around the world.... read full bio
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Ying Chang Compestine is the foremost expert on Asian culture and cuisine, as well as an award-winning author of twenty books, including five cookbooks. She hosts the New Ideas for Delicious Meals on Phoenix TV, and is the spokesperson the Nestle Maggi. Formerly, Compestine was the food editor for Martha Stewarts Whole Living magazine and spokesperson for Celestial Seasonings. An... read full bio
Aaron Ross, a pioneering author and businessman, has permanently altered the landscape of sales and company expansion. The sales bible of the Silicon Valley, Ross is best known as the author of "Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business into a Sales Machine With The $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com," which has topped Amazon's telemarketing list for more than two years.... read full bio
Naveed Jamali is a former American spy, and author of How to Catch a Russian Spy, an autobiography chronicling his work as a double agent for the FBI against Russian military intelligence. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow in the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a special contributor for the Military Times and a reoccurring... read full bio
Daniel Dennett is an author and professor at Tufts University. Dennett has taught at a variety of schools, including Harvard and Oxford. Dennetts first book, Content and Consciousness, was published several decades ago, and Dennett later published a variety of different books covering topics like atheism, creative thinking, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. Dennett has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fellowship... read full bio
Amish Tripathi was born in Mumbai. Inspired by his background, Tripathi has authored six books, including Shiva Trilogy, Ran Chandra Series, Immortal India, and Indic Chronicles. Before authoring his books, Tripathi worked in the financial service industry for fourteen years. Now, Tripathi has won a multitude of awards including the Raymond Crossword Book Awawrd, Dainik Bhaskar Literature Award, the Society... read full bio
Maria Konnikova is a Russian-American writer, psychologist, and poker player. She is author of two New York Times best-selling books, “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes” and “The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It… Every Time”. Konnikova has a B.A. in psychology and creative writing from Harvard University and a Ph.D in psychology from Columbia University. Upon graduating... read full bio
Jessica Bruder is an American journalist who writes about subcultures and social issues and has taught narrative writing at Columbia Journalism School. She graduated from Amherst College and received a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. Bruder has contributed to outlets such as, WIRED, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more.... read full bio
Bob Goff is an American author from San Diego, California. He is best known for his New York Times best-selling book, “Love Does”. He has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a diplomat and is known for being an Honorary Consul for the Republic of Uganda for his work with Love Does, previously known as Restore International,... read full bio
Jamie Mustard is author of the forthcoming book ‘The ICONIST: The Art and Science of Standing Out’. He is the former Vice President of Strategy for Power PR, has been a TEDx Portland speaker, and has been the host of RadioActive. Mustard earned his economics degree from the London School of Economics and is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Engalitcheff... read full bio
Chanel Miller is an American author who rose to prominence after being sexually assaulted at Stanford University. Her impact statement she wrote and read went viral after Buzzfeed published it. This led to Miller publishing the best-selling memoir, “Know My Name”. Her book has been named one of the top ten book by the Washington Post, has been nominated for... read full bio
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is the author of the New York Times bestselling books; “Ashley’s War” and “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana”. Apart from her writing, Lemmon is currently the Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Shield AI. She has served as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations while studying for her MBA at Harvard. She has... read full bio
