EXPERTS
Architecture/Design
Business/Marketing/Leadership
Fiction–Fantasy
–Mystery
–Historical
–Paranormal Romance
–Suspense/Thriller–Women’s Fiction
–YA Fiction
–YA RomanceFood & Culinary ArtsHealth/Medical/Food AllergyHealth/WellnessHistory
Inspiring LivesMedical
Memoir
Memoir/True Crime
Neurodivergence
Political Science
Self-Help
Self-Help/Memoir
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
Misha Bereznyak and Naama Blonder
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Architects, Urban Designers, and co-founders of Smart Density
BUSINESS/MARKETING/LEADERSHIP
Jacob Baadsgaard
Salt Lake City, UT
Founder and CEO of Disruptive Advertising, marketing leadership expert, and author helping CEOs and marketers close the Trust Gap
FICTION
FANTASY
Corinne Price
Edmonton, Alberta
Industrial mechanic and dark fantasy and horror author of the Crae Vost series.
MYSTERY
HISTORICAL
Amy Haywood Hughes
Savannah, GA
Author of Isle of Hope Summer: A Novel of Girl Scout Founder Juliette Gordon Low
Kimberly Nixon
Austin, TX
Award-winning author of the Rock Bottom series, A Visit From Grandypants, and Cutie Pies by the Slice
Mark Rubinstein
Wilton, CT
Award-winning author, former forensic psychiatrist, and former U.S. Army field medic
Top Shot Chris Cheng
San Francisco, CA
Author, speaker, civil rights advocate, and History Channel Top Shot Champion
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Katie Rose Pryal
Chapel Hill, NC
Bipolar-AuDHD writer of angsty contemporary and paranormal romance with a neurodivergent twist
SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Chad Boudreaux
Richmond, VA
Chief Legal Officer of a Fortune 500 Company and Author of Three Thrillers
John Winn Miller
Lexington, KY
Award-winning investigative reporter, newspaper editor and publisher, screenwriter, movie producer, and novelist
WOMEN'S FICTION
Babette Fraser Hale
Houston, TX
Award-winning author and memoirist, recipient of the Texas Institute of Letters First Fiction Prize
YA FICTION
Heather Ogden
Memphis, TN
Author of The Lies We Fear series, including The Betrayal and Of Stolen Truths
YA ROMANCE
Cynthia Baseman
Los Angeles, CA
Library lover and author of three books, including the debut YA romance, Weirdos Welcome
FOOD & CULINARY ARTS
Franck Desplechin
Torrington, CT
Award-winning chef, food & beverage hospitality consultant, and leadership expert with over 25 years of global experience in luxury kitchens
HEALTH/MEDICAL/FOOD ALLERGY
Dale T. Umetsu, MD, PhD
San Francisco, CA
Physician-Scientist, Food Allergy Researcher, and author of Beyond Avoidance
HEALTH/WELLNESS
Crystal Carothers
San Diego, CA
Author, cancer survivor, mind-body coach, meditation teacher, writing instructor, and surfer
HISTORY
Mario Cartaya
Gainesville, FL; Miami, FL; Hollywood, CA; Fort Lauderdale, FL
Award-winning architect and author of Before the Revolution, Journey Back Into the Vault, and La Bóveda
INSPIRING LIVES
Lena Fein
San Francisco, CA
Speaker, Non-profit Founder, Tech Retiree and Author of Shattering the Mirror
MEDICAL
MEMOIR
Jerome Loving
Bryan/College Station and Houston , TX
Distinguished professor emeritus of English at Texas A&M University and author or editor of fourteen books.
Sieu Sean Do
Oakland, CA
Sieu Sean Do is an author, Cambodian genocide survivor, former refugee, and humanitarian. After beginning a new life in America, he dedicated more than three decades to public service with the City and County of San Francisco.
MEMOIR/TRUE CRIME
NEURODIVERGENCE
Katie Rose Pryal
Chapel Hill, NC
Bipolar-AuDHD author, storyteller, and educator viewing the world through the lens of neurodiversity expertise
SELF-HELP
Joni L. Davis
Long Beach, CA
Licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in childhood/developmental trauma, complex PTSD, relationships, and body-centered awareness, and author of the new book Transform
SELF-HELP/MEMOIR
