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,...

Karen Abbott

New York Times Bestselling Author and Historian

KEN ADELMAN

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,...

Ken Adelman

Ambassador and Former Arms Control Director for President Ronald Reagan

MOHAMMED AL SAMAWI

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),...

Mohammed AL Samawi

Peace Activist & Author of The Fox Hunt

LANCE ALLRED

Lance Allred overcame numerous obstacles to get to where he is today. The first legally deaf player in the NBA, he recounts his journey in Longshot: The Adventures of...

Lance Allred

NBA Player and Advocate for the Deaf

SULOME ANDERSON

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...

Sulome Anderson

Journalist & Author

JACK ANDRAKA

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....

Jack Andraka

Teen Innovator

A. MANETTE ANSAY

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:...

A. Manette Ansay

New York Times Best-Selling, Award-Winning Novelist

AWISTA AYUB

Awista Ayub is the founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange (AYSE), an organization dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer and the author of However Tall...

Awista Ayub

Expert on Sports and Muslim Women

YOUSEF BASHIR

Yousef Bashir is a Palestinian-American activist, speaker, and author of the memoir, The Words of My Father . In this moving, candid, and transformative memoir,...

Yousef Bashir

Peace Activist & Author of The Words of My Father

JUDY BATALION

Judy Batalion was born and raised in Montreal, where she grew up speaking English, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew, and trying to stay warm. She studied the history of science...

Judy Batalion

Expert on Jewish Women’s History

MARILYN BERGER

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...

Marilyn Berger

Legendary Journalist and Biographer

TOM BERGERON

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...

Tom Bergeron

Host of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and Daytime Emmy Award Winner

MATT BIRKBECK

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....

Matt Birkbeck

Author and Award-Winning Investigative Journalist

MARION BLUMENTHAL LAZAN

Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable memoir Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story (Greenwillow Books) recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood.

Marion Blumenthal Lazan

Holocaust survivor and co-author of Four Perfect Pebbles

WALTER R. BORNEMAN

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...

Walter R. Borneman

Award-Winning Author and American Historian

JENNY BOWEN

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...

Jenny Bowen

Founder & CEO, Half the Sky; Social Entrepreneur and Child Welfare Advocate

ANDREW BRIDGE

Andrew Bridge spent 11 years in the Los Angeles County foster care system and went on to earn a scholarship to Wesleyan, become a Fulbright Scholar, and graduate from...

Andrew Bridge

Children’s Rights Advocate and Expert on Foster Care

DOUGLAS BRINKLEY

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...

Douglas Brinkley

Award-Winning Historian and Best-Selling Author

LAURA BRODIE

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...

Laura Brodie

Homeschooling Memoirist and Novelist

MARVELYN S. BROWN

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...

Marvelyn S. Brown

HIV Consultant and Youth Spokesperson

PAT BROWN

Pat Brown is one of the pre-eminent, nationally known criminal profilers in the United States and one of very few women at the top of this field. She is a television...

Pat Brown

Nationally Known Criminal Profiler and Television Commentator

BENJAMIN BUSCH

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...

Benjamin Busch

Marine Combat Veteran, Award-winning Writer, Actor, Director

PATRICE C. WASHINGTON

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,...

Patrice C. Washington

America’s Money Maven

REGINA CALCATERRA

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...

Regina Calcaterra

Author of Etched in Sand

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