Authors
Carina Hoang
At the age of sixteen, Carina Hoang left Vietnam with two younger siblings and four hundred strangers in a frail wooden boat and set off across the South China Sea. They survived the journey and the extreme challenges that followed in a primitive refugee camp, and ultimately were accepted for resettlement in the United States. [...]
Jeff Alt
Jeff Alt’s adventures have been featured on ESPN, Hallmark Channel, in the AP and more. Alt is a celebrated author and a talented speaker. Alt’s book, A Walk for Sunshine, won the Gold in the 2009 “Book of the Year” awards sponsored by Fore Word Reviews, it took first place winner in the 2009 National [...]
Brian Skoloff
Brian Skoloff is an award-winning veteran Associated Press reporter with extensive experience covering some of the nation’s most newsworthy stories over the past decade, including the 9/11 terror attacks, he covered the Scott Peterson murder trial, the Fort Hood shootings and the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Skoloff has covered the Jodi Arias murder [...]
Josh Hoffner
Josh Hoffner has been a journalist for The Associated Press for 15 years, serving as the lead editor on dozens of major stories all around the country. He worked on the national editing desk at AP headquarters in New York for five years and later served as the city editor for the New York bureau. [...]
Chuck Davis
Chuck Davis is the Senior Pastor of Stanwich Church. He served 7 years as Professor of Intercultural Studies at Alliance Theological Seminary. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Fordham University. Prior to his assignment as a professor he spent 10 years as a missionary in Mali, Africa. He has served actively in vocational ministry for [...]
National Grammar Day!
Some of you may know that yesterday, March 4th, was National Grammar Day — a day dedicated to speaking well, writing well, and being generally grammar conscience. For those of us in book publishing, National Grammar Day is everyday – no exceptions. Seriously, I find myself thinking about grammar so much throughout the course of [...]
Madame Beauvary on the Language of Love
There’s a scene in one of my favorite love stories, Anna Karenina, in which Kitty, the wealthy debutante, admits her love for Levin, the reclusive farmer who has been pining away for her even after suffering the shame of being once rejected by her. The two meet at a social event, Kitty having been recently [...]
Cleve W. Stevens, Ph.D
Cleve Stevens has worked in leadership development for twenty-five years. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the UC Irvine, a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a PhD in social ethics from the USC. Cleve has taught at the graduate and undergraduate level and has published numerous articles on leadership and the [...]
Richard Oppenlander
Dr. Oppenlander has devoted his life to improving the health of our planet. Since 1976, he has extensively studied the effect our food choices have on our health and their immense impact on our environment. He is also president and founder of a sustainable organic food production business. He has been a featured guest appearing [...]
Simon Acland
Simon Acland enjoyed a successful 25 year venture capital career. He was Managing Director of Quester, one of the UK’s most active early stage technology investors, when it was sold in 2007. Quester was honoured with many industry awards, including Venture Capital Investor of the Year, Early Stage/Seed Investor of the Year, Exit of the [...]
