Adult Nonfiction Authors
Dianna Anderson Dianna Anderson is the critically acclaimed author of DAMAGED GOODS: New Perspectives on Christian Purity (Jericho) and PROBLEMATIC: How Toxic Callout Culture Is Destroying Feminism (Potomac). Their most recent book, IN TRANSIT: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies (Broadleaf Books), explored the deconstruction of presumptions about gender and finding home in the in-between spaces. (HB)
Andy Bellin Andy Bellin is a journalist and the author of POKER NATION (HarperCollins), a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of poker. (LD)
Vered Benhorin Vered Benhorin is a music therapist (MTBC, LCAT), musician and founder of Baby in Tune whose albums have received the Parents’ Choice Gold Award. In her classes and lectures she teaches parents how to strengthen their attachment with their baby through mindfulness, play and music. Her forthcoming book will be published in early 2025 (Countryman Press). (RB)
Bob Brier Bob Brier aka Mr. Mummy is a renowned Egyptologist and author of more than a dozen books, including THE MURDER OF TUTANKHAMEN (Putnam) and the extremely well-reviewed CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLES: The Obelisks of Ancient Egypt (Bloomsbury). (LD)
Charles Busch Charles Busch is a playwright, LGBT icon, drag actor, and writer. He is the author and star of twenty-five plays, including THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE, which won the Outer Circle Critics’ Award for playwriting and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. Busch also wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays PSYCHO BEACH PARTY and DIE MOMMIE DIE. His memoir, LEADING LADY: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy, will be published in 2023. (TM)
Cathy Cassani Adams Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, is a therapist, educator, and co-host of Zen Parenting Radio. She focuses on self-awareness, mindfulness, and connection, and she teaches in the Sociology/Criminology department at Dominican University. Her book, ZEN PARENTING, was published in February 2022 by Hachette Books. (RB)
Solange Charas Solange Charas, PhD, is a recognized expert in the determination of Human Capital materiality and reporting requirements for public and private company disclosure requirements. She is the co-author of Humanizing Human Capital: Invest in Your People for Optimal Business Returns (Matt Holt/BenBella, 2022). (TM)
Alfred Corn Alfred Corn has published eleven books of poems, two novels, and three collections of critical essays. He received the Guggenheim, the NEA, and awards from the Academy of Arts and Letters and from the Academy of American Poets. In November 2017 he was inducted into the Georgia Writers’ Hall of Fame. (TM)
Terrance Dean Terrance Dean was getting his Ph.D. in Divinity at Vanderbilt University and the author of HIDING IN HIP HOP: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry—from Music to Hollywood (Atria). (LD)
Johnny Dodd Johnny Dodd is a journalist for People magazine. He has traveled the world interviewing famous and non-famous fascinating people. He is coauthor of MOZART AND THE WHALE (Touchstone). (LD)
Olympia Dukakis Olympia Dukakis’s memoir ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW (HarperCollins) is the Academy Award-winning actor’s intensely personal memoir. (LD)
Lenny Duncan Reverend Lenny Duncan is a nationally recognized writer, speaker, preacher, thinker, and agitator who has centered most of his theological work on the task of dismantling white supremacy in the republic. He is the author of UNITED STATES OF GRACE and DEAR CHURCH (Broadleaf Books). (HB)
Beverly Engel Beverly Engel is an internationally recognized psychotherapist and the author of numerous self-help books that have become evergreen bestsellers, including THE EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP and HEALING YOUR EMOTIONAL SELF. Her latest book, FREEDOM AT LAST: Healing the Shame of Childhood Sexual Abuse, was published in December 2022 by (Prometheus). (TM)
Sharon Estroff Sharon Estroff is a journalist, lecturer, and founder of the international Challenge Island education franchise, as well as author of the Jewish parenting book CAN I HAVE A CELL PHONE FOR HANUKKAH? (Harmony). (CB)
Dannie Lynn Fountain Dannie Lynn Fountain is an HR professional at Google, doctoral student, and internationally recognized public speaker. In 2020, she was named one of the 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs. Her book on DEI in the workplace, ENDING CHECKBOX DIVERSITY: Rewriting the Story of Performative Allyship in Corporate America, was released in 2022. (RB)
Britt Frank Britt Frank, MSW, LSCSW, SEP, is a psychotherapist and trauma expert. She is the author of THE SCIENCE OF STUCK (TarcherPerigee, 2022), a research-based guide to getting past anxiety, trauma, overthinking, and other obstacles that hold us back, and THE GETTING UNSTUCK WORKBOOK, which will release summer 2024. ALIGN YOUR MIND, a new research-based guide, is coming in 2025. Britt is an adjunct instructor at the University of Kansas. (RB)
Ross Gay Ross Gay is an American poet, professor, and essayist. His book THE CATALOG OF UNABASHED GRATITUDE (University of Pittsburgh Press) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. He is also the author of the smash hit THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS (Algonquin) and INCITING JOY. (LD)
John Halliday John Halliday’s memoir FLYING THROUGH MIDNIGHT: A Pilot’s Dramatic Story of His Secret Mission Over Laos During the Vietnam War detailed the decorated war hero’s service. It was published by Scribner. (LD)
Lacino Hamilton Lacino Hamilton is a writer, thinker and activist who was incarcerated for 26 years due to a wrongful conviction, and exonerated in 2020 by the WMU-Cooley Innocence Project. (HB)
Jack Hart Jack Hart is a journalist, lecturer, educator, and former managing editor of The Oregonian. He is the author of STORYCRAFT: A Complete Guide to Narrative Nonfiction (University of Chicago Press) a guide to crafting powerful nonfiction stories. (CB)
Kameron Hurley Kameron Hurley’s essay collection THE GEEK FEMINIST REVOLUTION (Tor) addresses questions of writing, feminism, and geek culture, and includes her Hugo Award-winning essay “We Have Always Fought.” She is also an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer.
Sarah Ivens Sarah Ivens, PhD., is the founding editor-in-chief of OK! magazine in the US and a Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter in the UK. She is the author of books including FOREST THERAPY and A MODERN GIRL’S GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE. Sarah is a visiting lecturer at The University of Texas Journalism School and the editor-in-chief of ATX Lifestyle magazine. (TM)

Barry J. Jacobs Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD, is a practicing clinical psychologist, writer, and a principal for Health Management Associates, a national healthcare consulting firm. He is the coauthor of THE EMOTIONAL SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR CAREGIVERS, AARP MEDITATIONS FOR CAREGIVERS, and AARP LOVE AND MEANING AFTER 50 along with his wife, Julia L. Mayer, PsyD. Their next book, THE AARP CAREGIVER ANSWER BOOK, will be published in 2024. (TM)
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri Twesigye Jackson Kaguri is a CNN Hero, educator, humanitarian, co-founder of the human rights organization Human Rights Concerns and the author of BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR MY VILLAGE (Viking). (CB)

Adrian Karatnycky Adrian Karatnycky is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council. He was previously the president and executive director of Freedom House and directed the benchmark survey Freedom in the World for twelve years. Karatnycky is a frequent contributor to Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. His new book, BATTLEGROUND UKRAINE: From Independence to the War with Russia, is forthcoming from Yale University Press. (TM)
Sharon R. Kaufman Sharon R. Kaufman was chair of the Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine at UCSF. Her book AND A TIME TO DIE: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life was published by Scribner. (LD)
Richard Lavoie Richard Lavoie is an educator whose books and educational tapes have changed the lives of parents, teachers, and special-needs students. He is the author of THE MOTIVATION BREAKTHROUGH: Six Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child and IT’S SO MUCH WORK TO BE YOUR FRIEND: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success (Touchstone). (LD)
Victoria Law Victoria Law is a journalist specializing in prison and criminal justice issues. She co-authored PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME (The New Press) with Maya Schenwar, an insightful look into how the prison-industrial complex extends outside prison walls into our society. Her book “PRISONS MAKE US SAFER”: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration was released in 2021. (HB)
Julia Lee Julia Lee Ph.D. is a professor of English. Her memoir, BITING THE HAND: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America (Holt), interweaves her experiences growing up as the daughter of Korean immigrants with her scholarship on Black texts and examines how Asian Americans are integral to our country's racial reckoning. (LD)
Michael Losier Michael Losier is a motivational speaker. His book LAW OF ATTRACTION (Grand Central) has sold nearly two million copies and has been published in thirty different countries. His other books include LAW OF CONNECTION and YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE: Uncover What Really Fulfills You (Rosetta). (LD)
Stela Lupushor Stela Lupushor is an expert in workplace experience. She advises clients, venture funds, startups, and the next generation of HR leaders studying at NYU on the use of design thinking, technology, analytics, and future thinking. She, with Solange Charas, is the coauthor of HUMANIZING HUMAN CAPITAL: Invest in Your People for Optimal Business Returns (Matt Holt/BenBella, 2022). (TM)
Julia L. Mayer Julia L. Mayer, PsyD, is a practicing clinical psychologist and writer. She is the coauthor of AARP MEDITATIONS FOR CAREGIVERS and AARP LOVE AND MEANING AFTER 50 with her husband, Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD. They are working together on THE AARP CAREGIVER ANSWER BOOK, which is forthcoming in 2024. (TM)
Bradley Nelson Veteran holistic physician Dr. Bradley Nelson is the CEO of Discover Healing. His bestselling book THE EMOTION CODE (St. Martin’s Essentials, 2019) provides step-by-step instructions for working with the body's energy healing power. His newest book, THE BODY CODE, was published by St. Martin’s Essentials in 2023. (TM)
Jerry and Mary Newport Jerry and Mary Newport’s MOZART AND THE WHALE: An Asperger’s Love Story (Touchstone) was made into a movie starring Josh Hartnett, spurred by the couples’ story as told on 60 Minutes. (LD)
Anita Nowak Anita Nowak, Ph.D., is an award-winning lecturer at McGill University. She is the author of PURPOSEFUL EMPATHY: Tapping Our Hidden Superpower for Personal, Organizational, and Social Change (Broadleaf Books, April 2023) and hosts a podcast and YouTube series with the Purposeful Empathy brand. (TM)
Garrett Peck Garrett Peck is an author, historian, tour guide, and veteran. He is the author of THE GREAT WAR IN AMERICA: World War I and its Aftermath and A DECADE OF DISRUPTION: America in the New Millennium (Pegasus). He has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Archives, and the National Archives. (TM)
Jamie & Brian Ratner Jamie and Brian Ratner are the Founders and CEO/President of CertifiKID and Macaroni Kid, one of the largest parent-focused digital media and advertising companies in the country. Their first book, PARENTPRENEURS: A Decade of Deals from a Messy Minivan (Rowman & Littlefield) was released in 2022. It follows their 2019 appearance on Shark Tank and a 2020 pandemic pivot acquisition. (RB)
Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt’s literary estate is represented by the agency. Four of the former First Lady’s out-of-print books have been licensed to HarperCollins, Penguin, Open Road and Nation Books. (LD and Anna Olswanger)
Daniel F. Runde Daniel F. Runde is a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis. He previously worked at the World Bank Group and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Runde has been a foreign policy advisor to several presidential campaigns and is the author of THE AMERICAN IMPERATIVE: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power. (TM)
Beth Nonte Russell Beth Nonte Russel is the founder of GoodTrueBeautiful, Inc., which launched its first product line, a fragrance called foreverlily inspired by her daughter. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. She is the author of FOREVER LILY: An Unexpected Mother’s Journey to Adoption in China, a memoir of her life-changing trip to China. (Touchstone) (LD)
Jean Sasson Jean Sasson is a human rights spokesperson. She is the #1 international bestselling author of PRINCESS: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (Doubleday UK) as well as several other books in the Princess series and GROWING UP BIN LADEN: Osama’s Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World (St. Martin’s). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Vanity Fair. (LD)
Maya Schenwar Maya Schenwar is the editor-in-chief of Truthout and is the author, with Victoria Law, of PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME (The New Press), an insightful look into home confinement, probation, and other ways the prison-industrial complex extends outside prison walls into our society. (HB)

Erik Severinghaus Erik Severinghaus is the author of SCALE YOUR EVEREST (Post Hill Press), the cornerstone of his mission to teach entrepreneurs practical ways to develop the mental resilience they need to succeed in the psychological Death Zone. (RB)
Daniel Seymour Daniel Seymour is a professor, administrator, consultant, and author of more than 15 books. His latest book is a passion project: FROM AUSCHWITZ WITH LOVE: The Inspiring Memoir of Two Sisters’ Survival, Devotion and Triumph (Amsterdam Publishers) was released on January 27, 2022, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (RB)
Thea Singer Thea Singer is a journalist and science writing teacher at MIT. Her writing has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Scientific American, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Her book STRESS LESS: The New Science That Shows Women How to Rejuvenate Their Body and the Mind (Viking/Plume) was praised by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Elissa Epel. (LD)
Tom Stone Tom Stone worked as an assistant director and theatrical stage manager before moving with his family to Greece where he owned a restaurant. His two beautiful books, THE SUMMER OF MY GREEK TAVERNA (Simon and Schuster) and CHASING ZEUS: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God (Bloomsbury), take readers into contemporary and ancient Greece. He currently lives in Los Angeles and assists his wife in the exhibition of her artwork. (LD)
Jen Marie Wiggins Jen Marie Wiggins is a freelance writer, wife, and mom. Her writing has appeared in Savannah Magazine, Literary Mama, and Southern Coastal Weddings. Once a chronic bridesmaid, her debut book, MARRIED AF: A Funny Marriage Guide for the Newlywed or Bride (Sourcebooks), published in 2022. (RB)
Chuck Wisner Previously a mediator with the Harvard Law Mediation Program and a specialist associated with MIT’s Center for Organizational Learning, Chuck Wisner currently works as an advisor with leaders and their teams at Google, Ford, and Tesla. His clients have included Harvard Business School, Toyota, General Motors, Shell, and Chrysler. His book, THE ART OF CONSCIOUS CONVERSATIONS, was published in 2022. (TM)