Adult Non Fiction

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, will be published by Hachette Books in February 2022. (RB)

Dianna Anderson is the author of the critically acclaimed feminist Christian sex book DAMAGED GOODS: New Perspectives on Christian Purity (Jericho). Her book PROBLEMATIC: How Toxic Callout Culture Is Destroying Feminism (Potomac) was released in fall 2018. (HB)

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)

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 recently published, extremely well-reviewed CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLES: The Obelisks of Ancient Egypt (Bloomsbury). (LD)

Kavitha A. Davidson is a sportswriter with espnW and ESPN the Magazine covering the intersection of sports with gender, race, class, business, politics, and culture. Her guide to conflicted fandom written with Jessica Luther, HOW TO LOVE SPORTS WHEN THEY DON’T LOVE YOU BACK (University of Texas Press), is forthcoming. (LD)

Terrance Dean is getting his Ph.D. in Divinity at Vanderbilt University. He’s also the author of HIDING IN HIP HOP: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry—from Music to Hollywood (Atria) and is at work on a new book. (LD)

Journalist for People Magazine and collaborator, co-author of MOZART AND THE WHALE (Touchstone). (LD)

Olympia Dukakis’s memoir ASK ME AGAIN TOMORROW (HarperCollins) is the Academy Award-winning actor’s intensely personal memoir. (LD)

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 is an HR professional at Google, digital nomad, doctoral student, and internationally recognized public speaker. She was named to the 2020 list of 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs and has been interviewed or quoted in Forbes, Bustle, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, Digiday, The Everygirl, Girlboss, and more. Her book on DEI in the workplace is forthcoming from Berrett-Koehler in 2022. (RB)

Britt Frank, MSW, LSCSW, SEP is a psychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck (Tarcher/Perigee, March 2022), a research-based guide to getting past anxiety, trauma, overthinking, and other obstacles that hold us back. (RB)

Ross Gay’s THE CATALOG OF UNABASHED GRATITUDE (University of Pittsburgh Press) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. His new collection of essays THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS (Algonquin) will be released in February 2019. His first book of prose, THIS BLACK EARTH, was also recently sold to Algonquin. (LD)

John Halliday’s memoir FLYING THROUGH MIDNIGHT: A Pilot’s Dramatic Story of His Secret Mission Over Laos During the Vietnam War was published by Scribner. (LD)

Jack Hart is a journalist, lecturer, educator, former managing editor of The Oregonian and author of STORYCRAFT: A Complete Guide to Narrative Nonfiction (University of Chicago Press). (CB)

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.” Kameron is also an acclaimed author of science fiction such as THE STARS ARE LEGION (Saga Press), and fantasy novels including her Locus Award nominated Worldbreaker Saga (Angry Robot). (HB)

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)

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 is a journalist specializing in prison and criminal justice issues, and is the author, with Maya Schenwar, of YOUR HOME IS YOUR PRISON (The New Press), an insightful look into home confinement, conditions of probation, and other ways the prison-industrial complex extends outside prison walls into our society. (HB)

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 new book, YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE: Uncover What Really Fulfills You (Rosetta), will be published in 2017. (LD)

Jessica Luther is a freelance sports journalist and the author of UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT: College Football and the Politics of Rape (Akashic, 2016). Her guide to conflicted fandom written with Kavitha A. Davidson, HOW TO LOVE SPORTS WHEN THEY DON’T LOVE YOU BACK (University of Texas Press), is forthcoming. (LD)

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)

Author of FOREVER LILY: An Unexpected Mother’s Journey to Adoption in China, a memoir of Russell’s life-changing trip to China. (Touchstone) (LD)

Mary ElizaBeth Peters is a patient advocate, theatre artist and educator. She focuses on independence, whole-self wellness and honesty in her journey with chronic illness. She teaches drama and social emotional learning with the Boston Public Schools. Her book, Don’t Let Them Kill You: Ten Rules for Navigating Chronic Illness, will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2022. (RB)

Sharon R. Kaufman is 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)

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), follows their 2019 appearance on Shark Tank and a 2020 pandemic pivot acquisition, and is forthcoming. (RB)

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)

Jean Sasson is the #1 international bestselling author of PRINCESS: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (Doubleday UK/Liza Dawson Associates) 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). (LD)

Maya Schenwar is the editor-in-chief of Truthout and is the author, with Victoria Law, of YOUR HOME IS YOUR PRISON (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)

Daniel Seymour is a professor, administrator, consultant and author of more than 15 books. His latest manuscript is a personal endeavor that will be released in November 2021—From Auschwitz with Love—by Amsterdam Publishers. (RB)

Thea Singer’s STRESS LESS: The New Science that Shows Women How to Rejuvenate Their Body and the Mind (Viking/Plume) has been praised by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Elissa Epel. (LD)

Tom Stone’s 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. (LD)

Jen Marie Wiggins is a freelance writer, wife, and mom. Once a chronic bridesmaid, her debut book, Married AF: A Funny Marriage Guide for the Newlywed or Bride (Sourcebooks), is forthcoming in January 2022. (RB)