Below is a running list of authors we’ve worked with. If you’d like to see just a few of the nontraditional book projects we’ve helped bring to life, check out those books here.
Steven Andrews was born into a working-class family. After graduating college $75,000 in debt while earning less than that a year in a retail management job, he remembered how excited he was to learn what he did in an entrepreneur class in school. Guided by the belief that success comes from doing things right, he took what he learned in that class and founded Real Estate Management Group and and later SOARX Consulting, an agency. Now his primary aim is to educate and mentor others to build their own successful real estate investment business.
Lisa Bien is a motivational speaker, TV host, and marketing guru. One of her strongest assets if her ability to combine humor with raw honesty to connect with her audience whether she’s on the stage or on the page. Her 4-step Bounce Back Into You plan is the backbone of her motivational talks and workshops where she teaches the art of self-love and how to create one’s WOW factor.
Joel Bresler was born and spent most of his life to date in and around Cleveland, Ohio. After earning a degree from Skidmore College, he worked briefly in social services before entering a niche field of business consulting. His first published work, Letters to be Read in a Heavily British Accent, established him as a humor writer with a unique voice. In the tradition of such heavyweights as P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, and Douglas Adams, Bresler holds his own writing to a very high comedic standard. Which is not to imply that he is above throwing in any moderately-interesting pun that might find its way from pen to paper. Lately, he can be found deep in the desert Southwest, dodging snakes and cactus spines and ducking the “dry” heat.
Alex Cooper is a fintech innovator, business development dynamo, entrepreneur, Ironman competitor, and mindset coach. From humble beginnings as an immigrant’s son from Queens, Cooper went on to found three technology start-ups, two of which achieved Inc. 500 status and were sold to public companies. He also completed 10 Ironman competitions and countless other endurance races. After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at age sixty, Alex felt compelled to write his story in the hopes that it will inspire everyone who reads it to never give up.
AJ Crabill believes Student outcomes don’t change until adult behaviors change. Changing adult behaviors requires new mindsets, new knowledge, and/or new skills. His intention is to transform student outcomes through the transformation of adult mindsets, knowledge, and skills — starting with his own.
Kevin Curtis is a visionary educator, speaker, trainer, and comedian who has transformed the way schools approach discipline and student engagement through connection-driven practices. As the founder of Differentiated Discipline, Curtis has earned a reputation as a leading expert in innovative, results-focused strategies that build positive school climates and meaningful relationships. His expertise has guided countless educators and administrators nationwide in creating supportive, relationship-centered learning environments.
Jordan Edwards is a partner at Chart Organization, LLC. and oversees day-to-day operations and acquisitions. Jordan works closely with over 400 national retailers and local businesses around the United States. He also serves as the CEO of Mixology Clothing Company where he is responsible for setting the overall company strategy and overseeing retail, e-commerce, and brand portfolio operations. As an avid Jiu Jitsu practitioner, Jordan incorporates the lessons he learns on the mat to his business to great success.
Michael Gross is a Certified Law of Attraction Life Coach, Positive Energy Practitioner and founder of Be Your Own Wingman. His coaching, videos, blogs and radio show have taught and inspired thousands of individuals, business leaders and health care professionals how to incorporate his Wingman principles and practices into their personal and professional lives. His book, The Wingman’s Path to Positivity, is an inspiring memoir that teaches his Be Your Own Wingman philosophy to help readers live the life of their choosing.
Katrina Harris believes that no matter where you come from or what you’ve been through, you have the power to rewrite your story. She’s made it her purpose to walk alongside single moms, survivors of domestic abuse, and women who’ve faced tough beginnings, helping them reclaim their power and create a life filled with love and purpose. Now a life coach, prison-reform advocate, and public speaker, Katrina uses her powerful story to impact, uplift, and inspire everyone to live the best life possible.
Mitchell Katz has been collecting mechanical watches from across the globe for more than twenty-five years. Along the way he met interesting people, ate melty cheese, and devoured great chocolate. As his knowledge and experiences in the world of watches expanded so did his collection. Out of a desire to educate his sons about his passion and his collection, Mitch embarked on a project to write about the stories of the watches. It was such fun, he’s sharing those stories with the world.
JoAnn Schauff founded Your Tween and You, writes The Tween Times, coaches parents and adolescents, and speaks at conferences and to parent groups. After earning her Master of Science in Counseling, she worked as a therapist in a psychiatric hospital and served as a counselor in secondary schools and colleges. Her interactions with parents of tweens who were confounded by their children’s adolescent responses coupled with technology’s interference led her to write Loving the Alien, How to Parent Your Tween.
Lisa Shiroff spent her formative years in small-town America, where she mastered the ability to amuse herself and others with tales about people we all wished lived next door (and some who really did). Now she’s bringing those stories to light in novels with funny characters experiencing sometimes inane circumstances and always finding happy endings (yes, she’s a sucker for them).
Taylor Shiroff is an economic research analyst and an avid armchair historian. Taylor’s interest in his family’s history began when he was a small child listening to the stories his great-grandfather would tell over Sunday lunches. As an adult years later, he still had questions about his ancestors, but with the passing of his great-grandfather, he discovered his living relatives couldn’t answer them. So he began researching for the answers himself. After learning about, for the first time, the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to the United States between 1880 and 1920, he was compelled to learn their stories. What was life like in the Old World? Why did they want to leave? How did they leave? What was the passage like? And how on Earth did they manage to settle into Philadelphia and within a generation, become typical Americans?
Raj Thakkar
Raj is founder, CEO, and driving force behind all of Charter School Business Management’s current and future initiatives and is responsible for the growth and sustainability of the company. Widely regarded as a national expert on charter school finance, Raj has presented at conferences and workshops across the country and has been featured in numerous publications.
