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Author of A Familiar Beast (novella) and How to Get Into Our House and Where We Keep the Money (stories). Editorial director of the Next Big Idea Club. I write about books, publishing, and the writing life at Author Insider.
Marisa Solis is a book coach, developmental editor, and coauthor of The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book. She's been in publishing since 1999 and is based in Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Dougherty, a book coach and developmental editor since 1988, coauthored The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book with Marisa Solis. Their company, Book Structure Pros, helps experts become authors.
A New York City-based literary agency specializing in big ideas and stories that change lives. Offering workshops and courses to help transform your pitch.
Creativity Strategist and CEO of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC. I'm a global keynote speaker, award-winning author and lifelong dancer, swimmer & doodler. I live in Philadelphia with my husband, John.
Professor at the University of Southern California. I study the neurobiology of parenthood & wrote the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives.
Danielle Trussoni is a New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling novelist. She has been a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction jurist and writes the "Dark Matters" column for the New York Times Book Review.
searching for the hidden doors in the walls of life
I'm a science writer and essayist for the Boston Globe's Ideas section, Scientific American, and other outlets. My upcoming book The Art of Pacing is about how to find a sustaining pace in a speed-obsessed world.
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