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George Hopkins is a former United States Marine Corps Sergeant who served on active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  He was Chairperson of English at a high school designated as a national school of excellence, and has taught at St. John’s University, Middlesex College, Columbia Teachers College and in Puerto Rico.  He was twice named “Teacher of the...

  Valerie Taylor is retired from a forty year career in marketing and is living the author life in Shelton, CT. Financial services marketer, copywriter, editor, novelist, author are all words to describe Valerie. But being called Mimi by her granddaughter is what brings her the most joy these days. Born and raised in Stamford,...

Lucky At Bat is about a young boy named Jack, and his two rescue rats- Lucky and Gus-Gus. He discovers, through taking Lucky to Little League practice, that Lucky has a talent for baseball, and the little rat becomes the team’s mascot and secret batting coach. This book follows the relationship between the two rat brothers,...

Deb Radcliff is the first investigative journalist to make cybercrime a beat. Since 1996, she has been embedded in the hacker and law enforcement communities learning their techniques, lifestyles, and philosophies that make them unique. Deb has won two Neal Awards for investigative reporting, and feels one of her crowning career moments was addressing engineering...

    Larry Freeland was born in Canton, Ohio.  Since his father was an officer with the United States Air Force he grew up on many Air Force bases across this country.   After graduating from High School at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, he attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.  He graduated in...

  Blogger and author Cheryl L. Eriksen has a master’s degree in social work (MSW) and is a former equine assisted therapy facilitator. She also authored two training manuals for Eagala model equine assisted therapy facilitators. While earning her MSW from Western Michigan University, Cheryl took a special interest in the effects of trauma on...

  A native of São Paulo and mother to three children, Cristiana Pinciroli began her sports career as a high-performance professional water polo player. She captained the Brazilian team for 15 years, playing professionally for four years in Italy, her side winning the European Interclub Champions Cup for the first time. In her final appearance...

Matt Jardine is a fiction and non-fiction author, podcaster, entrepreneur and teacher.  He is a Londoner born and bred, but now travels the world writing and public speaking. He says that different countries, cultures and points of view help him get a better grasp of the things that drive and inspire humanity. They also inspire...

Karen is a multi-published author of Native American historical romances. She has been praised by reviewers and fans alike for bringing the historic American Indian culture to life, and she has been nominated for several different awards. Karen’s great-grandmother was Choctaw Indian, and because of this, she is honored to be able to write stories...

“OK Boomer” has become a dismissive act of ignoring a comment a Boomer says. Instead of feeling upset or put off by eye rolls, we are here to gently remind Millennials and Boomers we are all OK! Let’s laugh and lean in together.   Best Family Hosts Relationships 1st Place Slice of Life-Humor 1st Place...

LGBTQ+ 1st Place Health and Wellness (General) 2nd Place Self Help 2nd Place Cosmos (cos/they), aka Meenakshi, is an award-winning podcaster, medical doctor, a trauma-informed love, sex, relationship and empowerment coach and an author bringing more than two decades of experience to these conversations. Sublime Soul Surrender (SSS) is about breaking norms. We talk about...

Best Host  Business Entrepreneurship 1st Place Lifestyle 1st Place Self Help 3rd Place With over a third of our lives spent at work, not doing what we love for a living makes little sense. Yet so few do. When asked, eight out of ten people said that they would not return to their places of...

Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law for four decades before moving on in 2019 to write, photograph, volunteer, travel, and play music. He is the author of “And . . Just Like That – essays...

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion 1st Place Personal Journal 1st Place Mental Health 1st Place Inspiration/Motivation 2nd Place Psychology 2nd Place First impressions can take only 6 seconds to make! But if you’re neurodivergent, those quick judgments about you can be misleading. That’s where the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast comes in! Join me, Carolyn Kiel, as I talk with...

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Psychology 1st Place Self Improvement 1st Place Social Sciences 1st Place Therapy 1st Place Health & Wellness (Mental Health) 2nd Place Find Steve’s Podcast Do you struggle to understand the intricacies of therapy and counseling? Join licensed therapist, Steve Bisson, to discuss how therapy can benefit you, using straightforward and direct language, and special guests...

  Bibiana Krall, award-winning co-author of Wicked Mist (#3) and The Haunted Series, she is honored to be part of a creative collaboration that began during the pandemic and continues to flourish and grow. She’s a former international travel expert and luxury insider. Bibiana has lived the adventurous life she writes about in her novels,...

Helen Starbuck is a third generation Colorado native who has spent her career working as a nurse in the main ORs of several suburban hospitals and a major children’s hospital in the Denver area. She translated her experience and knowledge of OR nursing into a job as a clinical editor for an OR nursing journal. As...

My first published book was an account of my cancer journey, and a walk through my coming to faith titled ‘When All Else Fails’. I had always been told to write what I know, and at that time, this was all I knew. When that offering was well received I continued, but gravitated to Christian...

Mark Piggott, a native of Phillipsburg, N.J., enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1982, beginning a 23-year career. He served on four aircraft carriers and various duty stations as a Navy Journalist before he attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He retired from active duty in 2006. His first novel, Forever Avalon, was published in...