Biography & Memoir

Karen Abbott (the “pioneer of sizzle history,” according to USA Today) is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and Liar,...

Ken Adelman served as the U.S. Arms Control Director for President Ronald Reagan and accompanied him on three superpower summits with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,...

Mohammed AL Samawi was born in Sana’a, Yemen and grew up as a practicing Muslim. His memoir, The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America (William Morrow),...

Sulome Anderson is a journalist based between New York City and Beirut, Lebanon. Her debut book, The Hostage’s Daughter, is a gripping blend of reportage, memoir, and...

Jack Andraka was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers....

A. Manette Ansay grew up in Wisconsin among 67 cousins and over 200 second cousins. She is a New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of six novels, including:...

Marilyn Berger has been a journalist for more than 40 years, during which she covered some of the major news stories of our time, from the Cultural Revolution in China...

Tom Bergeron is the enormously appealing and gregarious host of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, which now boasts a viewership of nearly 20 million viewers an...

Matt Birkbeck is an award winning investigative journalist who has written for the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, People, Boston Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer....

Walter R. Borneman may be best-known in Colorado's mountains as the co-author of A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, the history and standard routes of Colorado's...

Patricia Bosworth, “a spellbinding portraitist according to New York magazine, is an American journalist and biographer living in New York City. She is the author of...

Jenny Bowen is the CEO and founder of Half the Sky. A former screenwriter and independent filmmaker, Bowen founded Half the Sky in 1998 in order to give something back...

Dr. Douglas Brinkley has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “America’s new past master,” and the late Stephen E. Ambrose called him “the best of the new generation...

Laura Brodie is an author, professor, and mother of three daughters. Her recent memoir, One Good Year: A Mother and Daughter's Educational Adventure (formerly titled...

Marvelyn Brown, a 26-year-old native Tennessean, learned she was HIV-positive at age 19. Since then, she has moved both live and television audiences across the United...

Benjamin Busch is an award-winning writer, actor, photographer, film director, decorated United States Marine Corps Infantry Officer who served two tours of combat duty...

Patrice C. Washington has been making money educational yet fun since 2003 as a nationally recognized best-selling author of the Real Money Answers financial series,...

Regina Calcaterra’s memoir Etched in Sand, A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island (William Morrow Paperbacks) is a #1 international...