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E.A. Smiroldo is a nuclear engineer with a creative streak. She’s also a Washington Area Music Association Award-nominated singer-songwriter and has won prizes in writing competitions sponsored by the Bethesda Literary Festival and the International Screenwriters.  After placing in the latter, she optioned the treatment for her screenplay, Blood Like Water, with X-ray Media.  Premised on real scie...

Brian Selznick began his career as a bookseller at Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City and has worked as a puppeteer and a set designer. His books have sold millions of copies, garnered countless awards worldwide, and been translated into more than 35 languages. He broke open the novel form with his innovative and genre-defying thematic trilogy, beginning with the Caldecott Medal-winning...

Glenn Kaplan is the NY Times bestselling author of Evil Inc. and Poison Pill. He worked in the international art world and as a creative director in global advertising agencies and a Fortune 500 company. He is married and lives in New York City. 00:00:00 An Intro to Glenn Kaplan 00:01:35 Journey Becoming a Writer 00:04:29 Writing Evil Inc. & Poison Pill 00:06:47 International thriller 00:13:33 New...

Vic Ferrari is a retired twenty-year veteran of the New York City police department. A Bronx resident for over 40 years he now splits his time between sunny Florida and his timeshare in North Korea. Vic Ferrari has written four humorous books about the New York City Police Department. In addition to writing books, I’m a professional raconteur with over a hundred podcast, radio, and television inte...

Max J. Friedman realized early in life that the world he lived in was very different from what most others his age would ever experience. He was born in Sweden to Sam and Frieda, Polish-Jewish parents who met and married there after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen and then emigrated to the US in 1952. Max and his sister learned very little from their parents about their parents' lives before W...

CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF WONDER WITH FOUR SPECIAL EDITIONS HONORING DISNEY’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY! For those looking to be inspired by Disney’s beloved tradition of storytelling, readers and collectors can look to a variety of celebratory titles from Disney Publishing, including Walt Disney: An American Original, Commemorative Edition; The Official Walt Disney Quote Book; Art of Coloring: Disney 100 Ye...

Be the best parent as you can be is the cry from Sue Donnellan.  Sue is an award-winning author, parenting specialist, entrepreneur, wife, and mother of four (including surprise triplets). As a one-time reluctant parent and reformed yeller, Sue has lived the mom-stress balance firsthand. She is a revolutionary thinker who has been advising parents, transforming households, and reducing overwhelm f...

Former Emotional Hot Mess and World Class Awfulizer, Jennifer Moore supports other highly sensitive intuitive women to release empathic overwhelm and distress so they can access their inner wisdom and power. Jen brings over thirty years of experience to her work where she merges practicality, intuition & skill to offer insight, guidance & emotional freedom to those she serves. Jen holds a Master’s...

Marianne Sciucco is the producer and host of Untangling Alzheimer’s and Dementia, an AlzAuthors podcast. AlzAuthors is the global community of authors writing about Alzheimer’s and dementia from personal experience to light the way for others. With more than 300 authors and resources in its collection, the non-profit has a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer caregivers currently on a demen...

Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is an award-winning and celebrated author, speaker, and educator. She earned her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard during a very successful and rewarding 35-year career as a high school special education teacher, with 12 years as a university graduate school adjunct professor. 00:00:00 An intro to Dr. Marn...

Randi-Lee Bowslaugh was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions. In 2017 Randi published her first book about mental health awareness and from there knew that this was her dream. Since then she has continued w...

Teri Brown is a wife, mother, grandmother, and author who loves word games, reading, bumming on the beach, taking photos, singing in the shower, hunting for bargains, ballroom dancing, playing bridge, and mentoring others. Born in Athens, Greece as an Air Force brat, Teri M Brown came into this world with an imagination full of stories to tell. She now calls the North Carolina coast home, and the...

Lisa Towles is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling crime novelist and a passionate speaker on the topics of fiction writing, creativity, and Strategic Self Care. Lisa has nine crime novels in print with a new title, Salt Island, forthcoming in June of 2023. Her latest thriller, The Ridders, was an Amazon #2 Kindle Bestseller and won an American Fiction Award. Her psychological thriller, Hot House...

John Giordano has gone through an incredible life transformation, from the stigma of childhood sexual abuse, homelessness, and a severe addiction to being a renowned addiction expert with 36 years of sobriety. John has appeared on many national and local television and radio shows as a respected addiction expert. He has also contributed to over 79 scientific peer-reviewed research papers. Research...

In 2018, Emmanuel launched a personal podcast called Flavors Unknown, featuring a series of conversations with trending and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. Emmanuel Laroche has access to a variety of acclaimed people in the food industry.  Chapters:  00:00:00 An intro to Emmanuel Laroche  00:01:45 Writing Conversation Behind the Kitchen Door 00:03:...

Sandy Ciaramitaro the founder and President of The Good Eggs Foundation, has taught Morality, Ethics, and Social Justice. Author of The Good Eggs Series of books, essential concepts for Children about Virtues, Diversity, and Service. The social-emotional learning series for children 5-12, improving quality of life for children. The Good Eggs, Virtues, The Good Eggs Travel the World, Diversity, The...

Debbie Weiss is a writer, yogi, gardener, and former attorney. After her husband died of cancer in April 2013, she turned to write when she found herself single and living alone for the first time at age 50. You can find her on her blog, thehungoverwidow.com, which offers empathy and dating advice. Chapters:  00:00:00 An intro to Debbie Weiss 00:01:10 Life as a Widow 00:02:40 Midlife 00:06:00 Ther...

Danielle Bernock is a childhood trauma survivor, international, award-winning author, speaker, podcast host, and trauma-informed self-love coach who helps men and women EMERGE with a clear vision of their value, TAKE ownership of their choices, and CHART a path to their promise, becoming Victorious Souls. She’s created courses, and workshops to implement her 4-step proven process called S.E.L.F. H...

Ariel Tsai is an avid reader and literary critic, Ariel Tsai always knew she needed to write a book. She obtained a bachelor's degree in English literature and criticism and Chinese language and literature, studying both in the United States and China. Her stylistic writing comes from a persistent itch to tell stories and understand the world around her. With sarcasm, wit, and keen observations, T...

Rachel Awes Is a psychologist, author, and art playgroundist, who loves listening to and highlighting the beauty in people. She does all of this colorfully, with how she dresses. She’s also a clothing influencer/ambassador. Rachel illustrates her books (I have another colorful personal growth book releasing early November 2022 called "The Relationship Book: A Soulful, Transformational, and Artisti...

Ulrika Karlsson Is an author who has studied yoga and other holistic disciplines for more than 28 years. She overcame long-term depression during the last 5 to 6 years, she has taken the opportunity to dive deeper, explore, and examine through her own body, sacred sexuality, holy water, and the Yoni. Now, she helps people through karma cleansing. 00:00:00  An intro to Ulrika Karlsson 00:01:46  Pea...

Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. Bathurst was born on The Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland, and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish boarding school. In 1966, the family moved back to England and Bathurst transferred to Worth School in Sussex, whe...

Babak Hodjat is the CTO for AI at Cognizant where he leads a team of developers and researchers bringing advanced AI solutions to businesses. Babak is Sentient's former co-founder and CEO, responsible for the core technology behind the world’s largest distributed artificial intelligence system. Babak was also the founder of the world's first AI-driven hedge fund, Sentient Investment Management. Ba...

Veronica Kirin is an anthropologist, author, and serial entrepreneur who works with business leaders to scale their impact and income while managing imposter syndrome. She is also the author of the award-winning book “Stories of Elders” and creator of the Stories of COVID research which documents the pandemic in real-time. She has been featured on the Forbes NEXT 1,000 and BEQ's 40 LGBTQ Leaders U...

Porsché Mysticque Steele is a professional writer, editor, and publisher who has successfully ghostwritten and edited multiple science-fiction novels, non-fiction how-to guides, blog articles, and other publications. She’s helping coaches become globally recognized and impactful by helping them write and publish powerful and authentic books. 00:00:00 An intro to Porsche Mysticque Steele 00:00:40 S...