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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.

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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.

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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

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Mayumi "Umi" Grigsby
 Story featured in Chicken Soup for Soul; established  nonprofit organization

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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

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Rahul Rana

Rutgers student who earned VC job at Lux Capital through his book Moonshots.

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Haley Newlin

Published two horror/thriller novels in program; MFA & Creative Writing Professor.

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Jaclyn DiGregorio

Two time nonfiction author; launched 7-figure business & Online Coaching/Course

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Cole Brown

NAACP Image Award Finalist; May 2021 featured book for Stephen Curry's Book Club

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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

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Arnobio Morelix
Co-Founder & CIO @ Sirius Education, Inc Magazine Columnist, Advisor to World Economic Forum; Author of 'Rebooted'

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Christina Qi
Forbes 30 under 30; Billion Dollar Hedge Fund founder

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Terry McDougall
Top Executive Coach and Business Transformation Expert; Developed new podcast series on Winning the Game of Work

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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.

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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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