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Meet our Modern Authors
Thousands of individuals have written their book through the our Modern Author programs. Meet a few of our alums.
Jen Marr
Founder of Inspiring Comfort; Her book Paws to Comfort has been taught to thousand of 'comfort coaches'
Michael Dumlao
Senior Brand & Diversity Advisor at Booz Allen, Author of "The Wisdom of Guncles"
Alisa Parenti
Bloomberg Reporter & Anchor; Author of Betrayal, historical fiction of Ethel Rosenberg
Derek Gaunt
Former Hostage Negotiator; Principles Black Swan Group; Signed with CAL Entertainment as a professional speaker
Morgan Wider
Grown business, coaching & speaking through her book, A Worthy Wardrobe.
Joseph Minani
SABA National New Author of the Year 2020; Tanzanian Refugee
Claudia Alarco Alarco
Hired for executive role at DC Mayor’s Office
Kyle Garman
Ioatp Book of the Year; SAP Executive; Partnered with nonprofit NFTE to have his book taught in 1,000s of schools
Mayumi "Umi" Grigsby
Story featured in Chicken Soup for Soul; established nonprofit organization
Jamie Russo
Executive at Launch House; Author of Underdog Paradox and children's book
Jennifer Gaynor
Founded gaming-focused law firm; author of That (Explicative) Broad
Rahul Rana
Rutgers student who earned VC job at Lux Capital through his book Moonshots.
Haley Newlin
Published two horror/thriller novels in program; MFA & Creative Writing Professor.
Jaclyn DiGregorio
Two time nonfiction author; launched 7-figure business & Online Coaching/Course
Cole Brown
NAACP Image Award Finalist; May 2021 featured book for Stephen Curry's Book Club
Haley Hoffman Smith
Media personality, Television Host, and coach. Author of Her Big Idea.
Ty Pinkins
Former White House Staffer; Community Organizer in Mississippi; TEDx Talk through his memoir
Arnobio Morelix
Co-Founder & CIO @ Sirius Education, Inc Magazine Columnist, Advisor to World Economic Forum; Author of 'Rebooted'
Christina Qi
Forbes 30 under 30; Billion Dollar Hedge Fund founder
Terry McDougall
Top Executive Coach and Business Transformation Expert; Developed new podcast series on Winning the Game of Work
Nicole Bianchi
Partner at Bravium, Keynote speaker and corporate trainer
Udit Dave
Admitted to Tulane Medicine & Interviewed by ESPN
Zev Burton
TEDx Talk & TikTok Influencer through his book
Antonia Liu
Hired by Masterclass; Admitted to Harvard Masters
Emily Vanderbent
Author of Historical Sci-Fi Novel Series; BookTube Host; and book coach/editor.
Adriana Conte
Hired by the National Football League (NFL) after writing "The NFL at 100"
Shiv Jhanghiani
Hired to work at full time soccer scout and develop football scouting project in India
John Saunders
Former Wall Street Executive; Founder of the Optimizer Group, author, speaker, & coach
Aparna Verma
Bestselling novelist, featured Barnes & Nobel author; her BookTok posts and videos have garnered more than 3 million views
Nate Androsky
Cofounder of Creative Science Labs, Author of Decoding the Why, bestselling guide on behavior science
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