Eric Madura of Merchant Services - Eric Madura is a Client Services Manager at Merchant Services in Irvine, California and an avid blogger on his website, The Random Thoughts of Eric Madura. Eric Madura writes commentaries on a number of random topics including: kindness, parenting, teamwork, social read more
Industries: Non-Fiction, Business / Finance, Cultural/Social Issues

Author, Essayist, and Nonagenarian - Author Jan Slepian is a great example of the mantra, "It's never too late." Her latest book, Astonishment, published when she was 88 years old, comes after a lifetime of authoring and co-authoring children's picture books including The Cat Who read more
Industries: Humor and Gift Books, Children's, Young Adult

Author and Founder of Food4Thought - Wife, mother, author, and social worker Treena Wynes is on a mission to inspire, educate, and motivate the masses into healthier food choices. Dealing with a hectic lifestyle laden with unhealthy eating came to a halt when she attended a read more
Industries: Food and Lifestyle, Medical, Health and Fitness

Sci-Fi Author and Blogger - Novelist Joel Gray started early. Since age 14 he's written multiple manuscripts with intriguing settings, both futuristic and ancient. His first novel, Sign of Treason, was published in 2009. The Paragon, Gray's first book in a planned trilogy, was published read more
Industries: Science Fiction

Author, Speaker, and Teacher - Tim Young knows what it's like to be wrapped in the addiction of self indulgence, to lose balance and perspective. He credits God's grace for strengthening his life, and aspires to share his experience with all who will benefit and read more
Industries: Biography and Memoirs, Religion / Spirituality

Bestselling Author and Financial Security Expert - A Buffalo, New York native, Pamela Yellen is a financial security expert who's been featured in numerous publications and websites, appeared on every major TV and radio network, and spoken hundreds of times before international audiences. Her message and mission are read more
Industries: Business / Finance

Author and Publisher - A journalist and world traveler turned novelist and publisher, Joyce Norman draws on personal experience and her knowledge of different cultures to color her writing. Joyce has been writing for more than 30 years, and has written and published four read more
Industries: Contemporary Fiction

Thriller, Mystery, and Romance Writer - For almost 40 years, Morgan Mandel worked as an administrative assistant, but wanted to write for a living. When the economy took her day job, she plunged headlong into the writing life and as a result has written three books, read more
Industries: Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery, Romance

Writer and Former Broadcast Journalist - Larry Matthews' award winning career as a broadcast journalist has translated well to the written page. His years in radio and television as a producer, anchor, and investigative reporter have provided the insight and experience apparent in his fiction and read more
Industries: Fiction, Biography and Memoirs, Crime

Author, Teacher, Professional Chef - Believing that even very busy people deserve time to enjoy cooking and eating a healthy meal, Chef Nicole Straight created a concept that's caught fire among her students and admirers. Streamlining time and proven techniques make cooking a pleasure--even planning read more
Industries: Cookbooks

Passionate Writer and Novelist - Born in Belfast, Ireland, Geraldine spent her childhood traveling between England and Ireland. After earning a business degree at University College Cork, she worked in finance, and finally settled in Holland where her intense love of writing blossomed. Her novel read more
Industries: Fiction

Writer of Sassy Romance - Wife, mother, grandmother, executive assistant, poet, long time writer, and multi-tasker extraordinaire, Sandra Bonaldi asserts that a love story is just the thing to help a reader through the hard times and believe in a happily ever after. Bonaldi's steamy stories read more
Industries: Romance

Law Professor, Author, and Chess Expert - Professor Ward Farnsworth is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Nancy Barton Scholar at Boston University School of Law. His numerous professional publications are legendary in the legal and academic communities. The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking About the read more
Industries: Non-Fiction, How To, Reference

Storyteller, Artist, Social Change Maker - Julia Dinsmore knows first hand about poverty and homelessness. Her mission is to give these conditions a face, which she accomplishes through her work and art. Her childhood as part of a working class Irish-Catholic family, the mental illness and read more
Industries: Biography and Memoirs, Family Saga

Patent Attorney and Author - Patent attorney Brett Trout specializes in intellectual property and information technology and is a nationally recognized speaker on these issues. He's a graduate of Grinnell College, and received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in read more
Industries: How To, Reference

Novelist - The grandson of settlers in central Oklahoma, Paul Gaines inherited an abundance of geographical knowledge and family lore from which to create his Western novel, The Cyclone Legacy. He graduated from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, taught history and read more
Industries: Family Saga, Western

Drummer, Teacher, Author - For a kid who started out wanting to play the saxaphone in middle school band, alternative rock band drummer, and You Tube drumming instructor Stephen Taylor has come a long way. His current work with Lovers and Liars has deep read more
Industries: Music, How To

Author and CEO of Yum! Brands - Experience has been David Novak's greatest teacher. The Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands (including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell), Novak never went to business school. Instead, he went to work, and became one of the most unconventional and read more
Industries: Business / Finance

Running After Tall Sexy Men - s.a. devlin is a humorist and copywriter drifting between U.S. coastal locations. In addition to providing pithy, entertaining content to a variety of clients around the worldwide web, she blogs, she surfs, and she creates--in both virtual and 3-D formats. A read more
Industries: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Author - Andrew R. Welsh was born in 1965 in North East England, son to the Rector of the pit village of West Rainton, and educated in Argyle House School in Sunderland before taking A-levels  and moving into tertiary education in York read more
Industries: Travel, Historical Fiction, How To