Brains Behind It with Dave Farrow

Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather, the one-act play, Looking for Guenevere, and the novel, A Secret Woman. She has lectured and taught writing workshops at many institutions, including the University of Maryland, College Park; St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University; and the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Oxford, England. In 2010, she co-founded Alan Squire Publishing (ASP), a collaborative independent publishing initiative, with James J. Patterson; in 2012, ASP became an imprint of the Santa Fe Writers Project (SFWP). Website: https://rosesolari.com/about/

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Anne Barry Jolles is a renowned life co ach, award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and creator of Grace TrailⓇ. Blending life experiences and research, Jolles created the Grace Trail and has shared it with tens of thousands as it evolved for over a decade. The trail has many forms, including an actual trail in Plymouth, MA, virtual trails, workshops, webinars, retreats and products, and has been featured by Good Housekeeping, NPR, Boston Globe and more. Jolles thrives on helping courageous people take five steps to their best lives through her message of joy, hope, and resiliency. Websites: http://annejolles.com / http://www.gracetrail.com

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Lou Aronica is the President and Publisher of The Story Plant, an independent fiction publisher. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Publisher of Bantam Books and Publisher of Avon Books. Lou is also the New York Times bestselling author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction.

Website: https://www.thestoryplant.com/

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Diane Lockward is the publisher of Terrapin Books as well as the editor of The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics and two previous craft books. She is also the author of four poetry books, most recently The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement (Wind Publications, 2016). Her work has been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, The Writer’s Almanac, and Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry. Website: https://www.terrapinbooks.com/

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Story Merchant Founder Ken Atchity is a literary manager/producer/author (Yale PhD, former Fulbright professor of comparative literature) who has worked in every facet of the story marketplace from development to production. To facilitate turning his clients’ books into films and television, he founded Story Merchant Books after the traditional publishers contracted radically due to acquisition by international conglomerates. He has published over 25 books of his own, produced over 30 films, and made publishing and film deals for hundreds of clients. Website: www.storymerchant.com

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Nicole Baxter is the Sales and Marketing Director for Bookmobile, a short run digital printer based in Minneapolis. Bookmobile has a great reputation for excellent quality at competitive prices, and we work with many independent and literary presses, museums, galleries and artists. Besides printing, Bookmobile offer provides publishing services such as design and typesetting, eBook conversion, and eBook and print distribution to the trade. Website: https://www.bookmobile.com/

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Dr. Robinson is one of the leading experts in Functional Medicine, treating symptoms and disease at the root cause. Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine, and author of the book, Road Map to Health: 7 Steps to Alter Your Destination, she is passionate about transforming lives through her foundational, natural approach to health. Website: https://robinsonmed.com/

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Dr. Robinson is one of the leading experts in Functional Medicine, treating symptoms and disease at the root cause. Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine, and author of the book, Road Map to Health: 7 Steps to Alter Your Destination, she is passionate about transforming lives through her foundational, natural approach to health. Website: https://robinsonmed.com/

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Scott is an Entrepreneur, Facilitator, Speaker, Consultant and a Certified Executive Coach. He has been a successful business owner for nearly three decades and truly understands challenges that leaders face in engaging with the most important and expensive asset in business, human beings. He is “The Millennial Mentor”™ to his clients helping them engage generation Y in a positive and profitable way by reducing turnover in companies of this important segment of the workforce. Website: https://creative-conflict-

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Carew lives life as a series of great tests of the spirit. Born with an adventurer’s heart—a fierce and undying curiosity to see and explore the world—he takes to his challenges as if they were fatefully created just for him. He is determined to be a Renaissance Man in an age that lauds the specialist. As seen by his writings and songs in The Legacy Letters, he is fascinated with the human condition and chronicles it by immersing himself in all its endless variations. Website: http://thelegacyletters.com/

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