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Conference producers, seminar organizers and corporate meeting planners: LKLA's clients are experts who can speak on a wide range of topics at events in the U.S. and abroad. Here you can find keynote or workshop speakers, panelists and instructors, listed by specialty: Diet/Fitness • Food & Drink • Health • Psychology • Business/Motivation • Entertainment • Parenting • Genealogy • True Crime • How-To
DIET/FITNESS
Nicole Avena, Ph.D.—Nutrition, Diet and Food Addiction Scientist
A research neuroscientist and expert in nutrition, diet and addiction, Nicole Avena, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the field of food addiction. She is also an expert in diet during pregnancy, and childhood nutrition. She is the best-selling author of Why Diets Fail (2014), What to Eat When You’re Pregnant (2015), What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler (2018) and What to Eat When You Want to Get Pregnant (2021). Her latest book, Sugarless (2023), covers the latest science on sugar addiction and how to overcome it. A sought-after speaker, she regularly appears on The Dr. Oz Show and has been featured in many media outlets. Her talk How Sugar Affects Your Brain was ranked the number 2 most-watched video on TED-ED, with over 17 million views.
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Micaela Karlsen, MSPH—Plant-Based Diet Research and Dietary Behavior Change
Micaela Karlsen is a recognized expert and respected speaker at premier conferences on plant-based nutrition, including the Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference in San Diego, California, and the Plant-Based Prevention of Disease (PPOD) Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of A Plant-Based Life (AMACOM Books, 2016), a strategic how-to guide for successful plant-based eating, and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller Forks Over Knives, the companion book to the movie of the same name. Micaela currently serves on the Expert & Medical Advisory Board for the International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference and the Board of Directors for PPOD.
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Gregg McBride—Motivation, Reaching Goals, Weight Loss
Gregg McBride is a motivational speaker who provides audiences with the building blocks needed to reach the kinds of goals that might have previously seemed unattainable. After taking off more than 250 pounds over a decade ago, Gregg is testament to achieving dreams and living the best life possible. His entertaining and humorous approach to even serious subjects encourages audiences to find levity in all of life's situations, which offers the potential to unlock limitless potential. Along with multiple appearances on NBC's The Today Show, Gregg is a best-selling author (Just Stop Eating So Much!), a successful Hollywood screenwriter/producer, a blogger and regular contributor to The Huffington Post. His latest book, Weightless, was published in 2014 by Central Recovery Press.
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Liz Neporent—Health, Fitness and Wellness Specialist
Liz Neporent has spent her entire career helping people realize their fitness dreams and improving their health. She passionately believes in the power of healthy living as a means to a better life. A producer with the ABC News national med unit, Liz is the author or co-author ofauthor or co-author of 18 health books, including the best-selling The Winner’s Brain and Fitness For Dummies. Liz has been on all the morning news shows, CNN, The Food Network and more. She was the regular fitness expert for the Satellite Sisters and Sirius Satellite Radio’s The Larry Flick Show. She holds a master's degree in exercise physiology from New York University and is certified by the American Council on Exercise, where she serves serves on the emeritus board of directors and as a national spokesperson.
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Sharon Palmer—Plant-Based Nutrition
Sharon Palmer, The Plant-Powered Dietitian™, is an award-winning dietitian, blogger, writer and editor. She is author of The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today and Plant-Powered For Life: Eat Your Way to Lasting Health with 52 Simple Steps and 125 Delicious Recipes. More than 850 of her articles have been published in national publications, including Prevention, Better Homes and Gardens and Today's Dietitian. She is also the editor of the award-winning publication Environmental Nutrition and writes for her blog, The Plant-Powered Blog. Her specific expertise is in plant-based nutrition, including Mediterranean, vegetarian and vegan.
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Marlynn Wei, M.D., J.D.—Yoga, Mindfulness, Work-Life Balance
Marlynn Wei, M.D., J.D., is an award-winning psychiatrist, psychotherapist and certified yoga teacher. Dr. Wei is author of the Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga, a comprehensive guide that gets to the true healing heart of yoga and its latest research. She is contributing editor to Harvard Health and is a featured contributor for Psychology Today and the Huffington Post. As an expert in mindfulness, resilience, yoga and nutritional psychiatry, Dr. Wei provides audiences with tools to reduce stress, improve work-life balance and prevent burnout through her holistic approach integrating mindfulness, yoga, nutrition and positive psychology. She has been featured on Z Living network, Doctor Radio, SELF Magazine, Prevention, Cosmopolitan, Vice, Mic.com, and several other media outlets.
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FOOD & DRINK
Susan Reigler—Bourbon Authority
Susan Reigler sips, writes and talks about bourbon for a living. An award-winning journalist, she began writing about bourbon before it was cool, more than 25 years ago, as the restaurant critic and beverage columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Her bourbon books include the best-selling Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book, Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, and The Bourbon Tasting Notebook. A correspondent for Bourbon+ and for American Whiskey Magazine, Reigler has been interviewed as a bourbon authority and quoted in The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, The New York Times, newspapers in Germany and Austria, and NPR. She has also judged numerous spirits and cocktails competitions and is the immediate past president of the Bourbon Women Association.
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Peggy Noe Stevens—Master Bourbon Taster, Bourbon Hall of Fame Trustee
Fueled by a lifelong passion for bourbon, Peggy Noe Stevens is the world’s first female Master Bourbon Taster and 2019 inductee into the Kentucky Distiller’s Association prestigious Bourbon Hall of Fame. She is also the founder of Bourbon Women, the industry’s first female-centered consumer group. Her affinity for women’s interests and career growth has made Peggy an in-demand speaker at conferences from coast to coast. She has authored two books: Professional Presence: A Four-Part Guide to Building Your Personal Brand and The Woodford Reserve Culinary Cocktail Tour. Peggy’s most recent release, Which Fork Do I Use with My Bourbon? (2020), is a collaboration with fellow bourbon enthusiast and writer Susan Reigler.
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HEALTH
Jody Gastfriend—Expert on Senior Care
Author of My Parent's Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving, Jody Gastfriend is Vice President of Senior Care for Care.com, the world’s largest online destination for finding and managing family care. A licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience in senior care, she is a nationally sought-after speaker on topics related to family caregiving trends, employer-supported eldercare and caring for loved ones with dementia. A featured senior-care expert for NBC News, Fox News, New England Cable News, AARP and The Wall St Journal and an expert opinion writer for Forbes.com, she has also published numerous articles in outlets such as Oprah.com, Salon.com, Huffington Post, Next Avenue and The Harvard Business Review.
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Peter Grinspoon, M.D.—Expert in cannabis, addiction, psychedelics, physician health
Peter Grinspoon, M.D., is a primary-care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a certified Health and Wellness Coach, and a contributing editor to Harvard Health Publications as well as a TEDx speaker. The author of Seeing Through the Smoke: An Expert Doctor Untangles the Truth About Cannabis (2023), he has been interviewed by national media outlets, including NBC, C-SPAN, Fox and Friends, Good Morning America, MSNBC, The Daily Show, NPR, People, The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today and Men's Health, discussing issues ranging from cannabis to the opioid crisis. Openly in recovery from opioid addiction, he has been a national leader on the issue of physician health.
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PSYCHOLOGY
Shari Botwin, LCSW—Trauma and Healing Counselor
Shari Botwin, LCSW, has been counseling trauma survivors for almost thirty years. Her books, Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing (2019) and Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse (2024), focus on overcoming various forms of trauma and abuse. Shari has served as an expert witness in high-profile cases, including those against R. Kelly and Cuba Gooding, Jr.. A featured panelist and internationally sought-out keynote speaker at numerous conferences, she is a regular guest contributor on the Law & Crime network, and has made numerous media appearances on NBC News Now, NBC Nightly, CBS Today, Good Morning America, CTV and CNN, and been quoted in the Associated Press, New York Times, Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated, Parents, Parade and Rolling Stone.
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Joseph Cardillo, Ph.D.—Expert in Attention Training™ and Creative Thinking
Joseph Cardillo, Ph.D., is a martial artist, doctor and national leader in holistic healthcare. He is a top-selling author of several books in the fields of health, mind-body-spirit and psychology. His books include Can I Have Your Attention?: How to Think Fast, Find Your Focus and Sharpen Your Concentration; the body-energy classic Be Like Water; and Body Intelligence: Harness Your Body’s Energies for Your Best Life, which earned a starred review in Publisher‘s Weekly. An expert in Body Energy, Attention Training™ and Creative Thinking, Dr. Cardillo has taught his methods to over 20,000 students at various institutions. His work has been featured in O (The Oprah Magazine), Smithsonian Magazine, Men’s Health, Family Circle, MSN, The TodayShow.com and GoodHouseKeeping.com.
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Nancy Colier—Modern Mindfulness and Wellbeing Therapist
Nancy Colier, LCSW, Rev., is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, mindfulness teacher and the author of The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need (2022), among other nonfiction books. Nancy is a national speaker on women’s empowerment, anxiety, rumination, obsessive thinking, mindfulness and technology, technology addiction and detox, healthy relationships, peak performance and flow, mindfulness and meditation, spiritual living in a material world and body awareness. She has been featured on Good Morning America, The New York Times, USA Today and countless other media. She is also a regular blogger for Psychology Today and HuffPost, and a regular contributor to Epoch Times and Radiant Life.
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Erica Hornthal—Dance/Movement Therapist
A sought-after speaker and licensed clinical professional counselor, Erica Hornthal is the author of the award-winning book Body Aware (2022), The Movement Therapy Deck (2024) and BodyTalk (2025). She has been applauded by her colleagues and the public for her ability to explain complex mind-body principles and movement science to a lay audience. An expert on the intersection of movement and mental health, Erica is regularly asked to speak to special-interest groups, industry groups and schools. She is regularly quoted in media outlets such as Parade, Reader’s Digest, The New York Times and Dance Magazine. She has appeared on many local news programs including NBC 5, WGN and FOX 32, and as a guest on radio programs and podcasts.
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Billy Manas—Addiction Recovery Coach
A popular blogger for Elephant Journal, motivational speaker and street-smart musician, Billy Manas is doing what no one has done before: He has made the tried-and-true principles of personal development and goal-setting accessible and enjoyable for a subsection of the population who have been largely ignored by this area—the people of alcohol- and substance-use recovery. Think of an entertaining cross between Tony Robbins and Russell Brand. His book, Kickass Recovery, teaches that the key to long-term sobriety is learning how to not just survive—but thrive! Manas knows firsthand that being clean, while a great accomplishment, has to feel good and be fulfilling in order to stick. Thugh this means different things to different people, Billy's techniques for getting there are simple, yet profound
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Loren Olson, M.D.—Psychiatrist and Researcher on LGBT Issues
Author of Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, Dr. Loren Olson seeks to challenge the stereotypes of aging, being gay and the way things are “supposed to be.” He believes that opportunities come with aging, opportunities we’ve never had before. As an older gay man who came out after be married to a woman and having children, he understands and addresses the struggles that men and women have as they confront questions about their sexuality and understands why they may come out late or choose not to come out at all. A frequent resource for local print, radio and television journalists on mental-health topics, Dr. Olson was recently featured nationally on ABC-TV’s Good Morning, America and he is a featured blogger for HuffingtonPost.com and PsychologyToday.com.
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Holly Parker, Ph.D.—Relationship and Empowerment Expert
An award-winning lecturer at Harvard University, where she teaches the popular course The Psychology of Close Relationships, psychologist Holly Parker uses lifestyle-based interventions to advance people’s mental health and the quality of their lives. The author of When Reality Bites: How Denial Helps . . . and What to Do When It Hurts and If We're Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone?: How to Build Intimacy with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner, Dr. Parker also writes a blog on her website www.drhollyparker.com, has been a featured guest on radio programs and has served as an expert for media outlets such as ABC News, Prevention, SELF Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, Fox News and The Saturday Evening Post.
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Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla, M.D.—Addiction Medicine Specialist
Board certified in addiction medicine, Dr. Sylvester “Dr. Skip” Sviokla is the author of the highly rated From Harvard to Hell...and Back, the true story of his own journey through addiction to his joy in recovery. He was featured on the cover of Addiction Professional and his thoughts and opinions have appeared in various other print media. He has been a guest on radio talk shows, including Voice America and Recovery Radio. and TV shows, including Health Check, NBC Turn to Ten, The Dan Yorke Show and The Rhode Show. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sviokla is a clinical instructor at Brown Medical School and owns Medical Assisted Recovery in Warwick, Rhode Island. He speaks regularly to young physicians to increase their awareness of the lethal disease of addiction.
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BUSINESS/MOTIVATION
Steven Carse—Entrepreneur
Steven Carse is the co-founder of King of Pops, one of Atlanta’s best-loved brands. Steven was named one of Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Most Admired CEOs in 2017 and was included in Georgia Trend’s 40 Under 40 list in 2012. But back in 2009, he had just been laid off from his corporate job during the Great Recession and instead of brushing up his resume to work for another company, he decided to start an ice-pop business, with his two brothers, Nick and Ashley. Now, King of Pops is the largest cart-based business in the U.S, and a $10 million company that sells not just ice pops but Christmas trees, cocktails (a.k.a. pop-tails), farm produce, and more. In his new book, Work Is Fun (2025), he shares how he has committed to making his work and the work of those around him more fun.
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Brian D. Egger—Investment Analyst and Social Media Consultant
Brian D. Egger is the founder and publisher of BreakingCall.com, the author of Social Media Strategies for Investing and a contributing writer for TheStreet.com, writting extensively on a variety of investment-related topics, including the impact of social media on investing. During a 20-year career on Wall Street, Brian held positions of increasing responsibility as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets and Topeka Capital Markets. An experienced lecturer, Brian taught securities analysis to MBA students as an Adjunct Finance Professor at Columbia Business School. He received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
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Kerry Hannon—Personal Finance, Career and Retirement Expert
Kerry Hannon is a leading authority and strategist on retirement, jobs, career transitions, entrepreneurship, leadership and personal finance. She is a frequent TV, radio, and podcast commentator and is a sought-after keynote speaker at major conferences. Kerry is currently a senior columnist and on-air expert at Yahoo Finance. Kerry’s books and appearances focus on how the shifting demographics are transforming the way we work and create wealth, purpose, and happiness. Millions of viewers, readers, and listeners have been motivated by Kerry’s can-do, down-to-earth message. The Wall Street Journal named Kerry’s latest book, Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future, as one of “The Best Books of 2025 About Healthy Aging.”
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Robyn Hatcher—Presentation Skills and Communications Coach
Robyn Hatcher is passionate about transforming the way individuals communicate and express themselves. As owner of SpeakEtc., a boutique communication and presentation-skills training company, she has helped thousands of business professionals—high-level executives and entrepreneurs as well as private-school educators and human- services supervisors—improve their presentations, interviews and interpersonal communication. In her book on presentation skills, Standing Ovation Presentations, Robyn created a unique communication style typing system that identifies an individual’s core strengths, then provides detailed tips and skills on how to polish those strengths. Her presentations, workshops and trainings are dynamic, engaging and inspirational.
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Andrea Kay—Career Consultant, Syndicated Career Columnist
Andrea Kay helps people get excited about jumping out of bed and going to work. She specializes in “Career Therapy”—creating strategies to help professionals get the career they want. She has written six books, including This Is How to Get Your Next Job and Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers, as well as more than1,400 articles in her weekly syndicated column “At Work,” which appears in USA Today, other Gannett newspapers and online. Heard weekly on WGRR Radio, she is widely quoted on radio and TV, and in national publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and US News and World Report. Awarded the Women In Communications Gem Award, Andrea has presented hundreds of workshops and keynote speeches.
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Scott Schwertly—Creator of Powerful Presentations
Scott Schwertly is the Founder and CEO of Ethos3 and the creator of Badge, a proprietary presentation assessment tool designed to help speakers discover and maximize their unique presentation style. He is also the author of two books: What's Your Presentation Persona?, which identifies 16 distinct presentation personas and shows how to leverage their strengths to become a more powerful and persuasive communicator; and How to be a Presentation God (Wiley, 2011), a practical guide to building, designing and delivering blockbuster presentations.Founded in 2006, Ethos3 provides presentation design and training to organizations and leaders worldwide, including thought leaders like Guy Kawasaki and Fortune 500 companies, such as The Coca-Cola Company.
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Kathryn Sollmann—Women’s Work+Life Expert and Advocate for Lifelong Flexwork
Kathryn A. Sollmann, author of Ambition Redefined (2018) and The 4 Jobs Club (2025), is a trusted career coach who has created hundreds of programs that help women sustain and advance careers as they blend work and life. Her “Make Work Fit Life” event drew 200 women and sponsorship from AXA Advisors, Cigna, Ernst & Young, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, Raymond James and Wells Fargo. She has led compelling discussions for women’s professional and community organizations, internal corporate women’s groups, college alumni and career services programs and financial advisors. A frequent media resource, Kathryn has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Cheddar TV, ForbesWomen, Next Avenue and more.
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Syl Tang—Futurist in Technology Trends, World Affairs and Consumer Behaviors
Syl Tang is an award-winning journalist, futurist and expert in how people consume. The author of Disrobed, she focuses on where the world is going, with an eye toward global events such as natural disasters, geo-political clashes and pandemics. She provides insights on how to make practical use of that information. An entrepreneur and marketer, she started HipGuide in 1998, and went on to launch category-changing products for beauty, beverage, automotive and technology companies. She has given talks to corporate, education and government audiences including the Ad Club, the Economic Development Corporation, IBM, Diageo, JCK, Vision Expo, the National Association of Women Business Owners and NYU’s Annual Conference on Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship.
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Lily Whiteman—Expert on Federal Careers, Landing Jobs and Negotiating Salaries
Lily Whiteman is the author of the critically acclaimed How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job, the careers columnist of Federal Times and an award-winning senior science writer at the U.S. National Science Foundation. Her career-boosting advice has been covered by major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Public Radio and The New York Post. Known for her lively, engaging style, Lily has delivered dozens of seminars for universities, professional associations and government agencies on writing winning resumes, acing job interviews, job-hunting for 40+ professionals, landing internships and negotiating top salaries. Her hundreds of articles have appeared in national publications from U.S. News & World Report to Discovery Channel Magazine.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Peter Filichia—Musical Theater Reviewer and Historian
Peter Filichia has hosted the Theatre World Awards since 1996. He is the author of the Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks: A Very Opinionated History of the Broadway Musicals that Did Not Win the Tony Award, as well as Broadway MVPs, which was chosen one of Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Performing Arts titles of 2011. He is the theater critic emeritus for theThe Newark (N.J.) Star Ledger and TV News 12. He has been a columnist for Playbill, Theater.com, Theatermania and Theater Week, and currently blogs weekly at MasterworksBroadway.com and writes “Filichia Features” for Music Theatre International's Web site, The Marquee, and the column “Filichia on Friday” for Kritzerland Records.
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PARENTING
Douglas Haddad—Parenting, Education and Self-Help Expert
Douglas Haddad is an award-winning middle-school science teacher, author, nutritionist and sought-after keynote speaker who inspires audiences at the intersection of parenting, education and health. He is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens and the empowering children’s book series Mya McLure, The Brave Science Girl. He has written over 300 published articles; been featured in various media outlets, including The Boston Globe, Men's Exercise, Verywell, Parents and Parenting Special Needs; and has guest-appeared on ABC, NBC and FOX. Blending heartfelt storytelling with actionable tools, Douglas delivers transformative presentations that leave audiences energized, empowered, and ready to lead meaningful change.
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Lori Holden—Adoption Blogger
Lori Holden is a recognized expert in the complexities of adoption. Her books The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption (2013) and Adoption Unfiltered (2023) are regarded as required reading for parents, therapists, family law attorneys and social workers. Lori originated the innovative Open Adoption Grid and collaborated on the resulting Inclusive Family Support Model. Her podcast Adoption: The Long View and award-winning blog LavenderLuz.co has helped countless adoptive parents like her navigate their most tricky situations since 2007. Honored as an Angel in Adoption® by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Lori is a sought-after speaker, keynote and workshop leader for adoption and child-welfare agencies, parent support groups and adoption conferences and camps.
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GENEALOGY
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak—Genealogist, Cold-Case Researcher
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (yes, that's her real name) is a genealogical adventurer who loves solving mysteries, making unexpected discoveries and pushing the boundaries of conventional genealogy. A popular writer, speaker and TV guest, Megan has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Early Show, CNN, NPR and BBC. A consultant on TV shows ranging from Who Do You Think You Are? to Top Chef, she is a cold-case researcher for the Army, NCIS and the FBI; Huffington Post contributor; former Chief Family Historian/spokesperson for Ancestry.com and author of six books including Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing, Who Do You Think You Are? and Trace Your Roots with DNA, the best-seller on genetic genealogy, co-authored with Ann Turner, M.D.
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TRUE CRIME
Ron Franscell—Prize-Winning Author and Journalist, Expert on Narrative Nonfiction
Author of 18 books, Ron Franscell has been hailed as one of America’s most respected narrative nonfiction writers. Just days after 9/11, the Denver Post dispatched him to the Middle East to cover the first months of the War on Terror. His reporting from the USS Enterprise, other units in Operation Enduring Freedom, and from the streets in most Arab or Muslim capitals was submitted for a Pulitzer Prize. His debut book, Angel Fire—a USA Today bestselling literary novel—was listed by the San Francisco Chronicle among the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West. Ron’s nonfiction books include his international true-crime bestseller The Darkest Night, the 2017 Edgar finalist Morgue: A Life in Death and ShadowMan: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling.
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HOW-TO
Marni Jameson—Home and Lifestyle Columnist
A nationally syndicated columnist, author, journalist, speaker, interior designer and frequent TV guest, Marni Jamesonis America’s most-loved home and lifestyle expert. Her humorous and helpful column “At Home with Marni Jameson” appeared weekly in newspapers across America for over 20 years. Her series of best-selling books include Downsizing the Family Home (2016), Downsizing the Blended Home (2019), What to Do With Everything You Own to Leave the Legacy You Want (2021) and Rightsize Today to Create Your Best Life Tomorrow (2024). Whether tackling your own home or that of a loved one, debating whether to stay where you live or move, or simply striving to live more beautifully, Marni’s words and works provide inspiration and encouragement.
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