James Clear is an American author and creator of the Habits Academy. As an author, Clear has published the book “Atomic Habits”, which has been a Wall Street Journal, Amazon Charts, Audible and USA Today bestseller. Atomic Habits has also been on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 months in a row and has peaked at number 2... read full bio
James Frey is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. His first book, A Million Little Pieces, was published by Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday in the United States in April of 2003. It was a New York Times bestseller and was named the best book of 2003 by Amazon.com. It was subsequently published in thirty countries and became a bestseller around the world.... read full bio
Coauthor Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner wrote the critically acclaimed and best-selling book The Leadership Challenge, which is currently in its sixth edition and has sold close to three million copies. He was the Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University before taking up his current position as a Fellow at the... read full bio
A successful novelist and poet who was teaching writing and comparative literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, McManus was given a $4,000 advance from Harpers magazine to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker and the scandalous Las Vegas murder trial of Ted Binion, the tournaments prodigal host. But, in an attempt to experience the workings... read full bio
It is not surprising that James Patterson was featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine and praised for revolutionizing the book publishing industry, as well as that Time magazine dubbed him "The Man Who Can't Miss." Recently, AARP named Patterson one of the 50 Most Influential People Who Make Our Days a Little Brighter, NBC's Rock Center with... read full bio
James Redfield is an American author, lecturer, screenwriter and film producer who is best known for his New York Times Best-Selling novel ‘The Celestine Prophecy’. His novel has been one of the most successful self-published books of all time and the novel has also been made into a film. Redfield was born in Birmingham, Alabama and he majored in sociology... read full bio
James Williams is a research associate at the Oxford University, former Google strategist and author the book “Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy”. Williams has been the recipient of the Google Founds Award and the 100,000 dollar Nine Dots Prize for innovative thinking. As a speaker, Williams talks about persuasive technology, it’s impact on... read full bio
Jamie Ivey is a renowned speaker, author, and podcaster who has made it her mission to empower and inspire women around the world. Born and raised in Texas, Ivey's passion for empowering women was ignited when she became a mom and struggled with feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. Over the years, Ivey has become a sought-after speaker and has spoken at... read full bio
Jamie Mustard is author of the forthcoming book ‘The ICONIST: The Art and Science of Standing Out’. He is the former Vice President of Strategy for Power PR, has been a TEDx Portland speaker, and has been the host of RadioActive. Mustard earned his economics degree from the London School of Economics and is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Engalitcheff... read full bio
The fields of personal growth and human potential have benefited greatly from the work of author and co-founder of the Flow Genome Project Jamie Wheal. The author of "Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work" and "Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's... read full bio
Renowned actress Jane Alexander found herself in the role of a lifetime when President Bill Clinton appointed her head of the ever-embattled National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Alexander is charming, honest, and convincingly passionate on why we need art, and why the government should support the arts. Ms. Alexander looks at the complications of First Amendment Rights in the... read full bio
British import Jane Green is the author of a dozen bestselling novels, dealing with real life, real women, and all the things life throws at them, with her trademark wisdom, wit and warmth. She writes a daily blog and contributes to various publications, both online and print, including Huffington Post, The Sunday Times, Wowowow, and Self. Her bestselling book, Promises... read full bio
One of the most respected figures in American broadcast journalism, Jane Pauley served as co-host of NBC’s TODAY for thirteen years, anchored the Weekend Edition of NBC News, appeared as a regular substitute for Tom Brokaw on Nightly News, and hosted both “Time and Again,” a retrospective news program on MSNBC, and “Real Life with Jane Pauley,” a weekly newsmagazine.... read full bio
Jane Smiley turned fifty just in time for the new millennium. Jane moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, as an infant, and lived there through grammar school and high school . After getting her BA at Vassar College in 1971, she traveled in Europe for a year, working on an archeological dig and sight-seeing, then returned to... read full bio
Janet Langhart Cohen is an Emmy-nominated journalist, author and playwright, and president of Langhart Communications. Over her twenty-five year career, Langhart has appeared on CBS in Chicago, hosted ABC's Good Day in Boston, and made appearances on NBC and BET. Langhart was a mentee of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ad was an active proponent of the Civil... read full bio
Jasmine Roth is a renovation celebrity, designer and author who is enthusiastic about altering rooms and inspiring others via business acumen, creativity and the ability to see possibilities throughout. Roth, the winner of HGTV's Rock the Block, also hosts her own programs, Hidden Potential and Help! I Wrecked My House to save failed home renovation initiatives. She is also well-known for the... read full bio
The Loneliest Americans was written by Jay Caspian Kang, a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He was a founding editor of Grantland and a Vice correspondent on HBO who was nominated for an Emmy. He can speak in-depth about a wide range of subjects, including city planning, the history of immigration in the United States, education policy, Affirmative... read full bio
Jayson Lusk is an American economist, researcher, writer, and speaker who is currently the Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. Lusk has previously earned his B.S. in Foot Technology from Texas Tech University and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University. After graduating from graduate school, Lusk began... read full bio
Across all media, New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz is renowned for creating enthralling stories that keep readers interested and motivated. The novels written by Korelitz include The Latecomer, You Should Have Known, which HBO adapted as The Undoing, Admission, which was made into a movie, The Sabbathday River, A Jury of Her Peers, The White Rose, The... read full bio
Jeanne Celestine Lakin is an award-winning author and founder of One Million Orphans. Lakin’s story is that of heartbreak as she was a Rwandan Genocide survivor who overcame a childhood of genocide, abuse, and orphanhood. Lakin was forced to run from her home after the Rwandan government tried to eliminate the entire Tutsi ethnic group. Over the course of about... read full bio
