Tell us about yourself. Tamikio L. Dooley is a multi-award-winning author. She is the author of 150 titles and 109 published books. The author writes fiction and nonfiction of crime, thriller, mystery, fantasy, historical, western, romance, zombie apocalypse, and...
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Author Interview: Chadd Ciccarelli
Tell us about yourself. I’m Chadd Ciccarelli—author, strategist, and former Amazon exec. I spent over a decade inside Amazon, launching global programs, scaling high-growth initiatives, and leading over 1,000+ interviews as a Bar Raiser. I deal in frameworks that work...
Interview with Author – Roderick Edwards
Roderick Edwards (aka RoderickE) is a multi-genre author of over 30 books on topics as wide ranging as an autobiography of his being left for dead at the hospital at birth and his subsequent adoption at age 4 and reunion with his birth family at age 50. Or a series of books on WW2 cargo pilots that served in India with one of the men returning to the USA to develop the satellite program during the space race with the Soviets. RoderickE also has time travel fictions, books on politics, race relations, religion, philosophy, and poetry. Sometimes called the “Bansky of Books” due to his unexpected style that bypasses the cookie-cutter market-driven fare, you’ll be certain to find something you will enjoy, or you will dive into a new genre with seamless crossover.
Interview with Author – Susan Bradford
Susan Bradford brought her Midwestern, Minnesota roots to 1960’s Berkeley where she transformed into an enlivened hippie and then set out hitchhiking on sailboats, living and working in the South Pacific and Asia in search of direction and meaning in her life.
Her global pilgrimage coupled with her joy of discovery. indomitable spirit, and passion for understanding the world around her deeply influenced her later work as a psychologist, political activist, and environmentalist, including co-founding the Hawaii Land Trust. Susan divides her time between Maui and Minneapolis.
Interview with Author – Kevin OConnor
Kevin O’Connor enjoys chronicling the stories of families and friends through tracing genealogical histories, writing, and picture collections. His prior writing includes personal letters, articles in professional publications, dissertations, anthologies, and presentations delivered at conferences, seminars, and webinars. He brings people together personally and professionally. Collaborating with friends and relatives, he plans family and class reunions. He sings and performs in theaters. He is active with SMART Ride, a bicycling group that rides annually from Miami to Key West, raising funds for HIV awareness, treatments, and education. He was an elementary teacher, principal, professor, and curriculum coordinator in California, Illinois, and Florida from 1973-2020. In his final educational position, he authored content and provided training in areas including support for substitute teachers, LGBTQ advocacy, and Sexual Health/Family Life. He resides in Ft. Lauderdale with his husband, Leon. Their family includes five sons and seven granddaughters. He references further connections to this book, continues his stories, and highlights perspectives about his interests at www.kevinoconnorauthor.com
Interview with Author – Michelle Gauvreau
Michelle Rice-Gauvreau is a native Mohawk woman born in Canada and raised in Connecticut via an illegal adoption, which was commonplace for many native babies throughout many years across North America. She is a compassionate advocate for all adoptees looking for their own truth, peace and hope. She hopes to instill her strength to any adoptee struggling to find their way.
Michelle now works as a legal professional for a prestigious law firm. She resides in Connecticut with her husband of many years, and her two senior cats. She enjoys traveling and learning more about native cultures far and wide.
Michelle is available for interviews and/or speaking engagements in person or virtually.
This book, Who Am I? is available to purchase in bulk at a discounted rate.
Interview with Author – Polly Letofsky
Polly Letofsky spent five years walking around the world, and six years writing the book about it. But it was worth it, her long awaited first book, 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World has won top honors at the 2011 IPPY Awards as Best Travel Memoir, Best Memoir at the 2011 Writer’s Digest Best Book Awards, and was a Finalist in the USA Book Awards.
You can invite Polly to your book club! Polly has made a unique offer to readers of 3mph. If your book club reads 3mph she would be honored to visit your book club as well! She can visit by Zoom, or if you’re in the Denver metro area the club usually has a pot luck of the foods represented in her book. (She tended to talk about food a lot…), and sure, maybe some of the wines of the various countries as well.
Polly’s GlobalWalk — The Documentary has been produced by Newcastle Productions, currently showing on PBS channels across the United States (and available on Amazon).
After a horrible experience publishing her book, 3mph: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World, she started her own publishing company, My Word Publishing, where her team of 15 Publishing Consultants help authors through the maze of self-publishing — all while they keep 100% of their rights and royalties. She was awarded Best Woman Owned Business by the Colorado Business Women.
She currently lives in Denver where she continues to work hard on behalf of authors, and is also a motivational speaker, teaching the lessons she learned on the road. She loves biking, her cats, and still walks.
Interview with Author – Rachel Boehm
Rachel Boehm is an award-winning journalist, turned workplace wellness organizer and advocate. Her experiences with school and workplace bullying, fat shaming, disordered eating, perfectionism, and verbal and emotional abuse began at a young age and continued into her late-twenties.
Embracing a survivor’s mindset, Boehm now views her journey as a calling to transform the way individuals and organizations view well-being, the beauty of the human body, metrics of success, and the fragility of time.
Boehm was raised in Austin, Texas. A love for the fine arts, film, and television took her to Southern California for undergraduate studies and to pursue a career in the industry.
A quarter-life crisis fueled by the tumultuous nature of the industry and a realization of society’s flawed definitions of beauty and success, sent her on a multi-year soul-searching quest. She traveled back to Austin, then on to the UAE, Syria, Jordan, Europe, and New York City, before accepting a graduate studies scholarship with American University in Journalism and Public Affairs. Following commencement, she moved to Northern Virginia.
This journey is detailed in her memoir I Am NOT!, which in many ways provides the backstory for her 2018 self-published collection of quips and lessons learned, Tripping in Public.
Today, Boehm works at an individual and organizational level to change the dialogue around the workplace well-being experience. She shares her story and works to help others: redefine success and beauty; develop mindfulness and self-compassion; and embrace the art of the “always something” mindset.
Through her many endeavors (day job, side hustle, and private practice), Boehm seeks to help everyone bring their best selves to work and life, and to truly love the skin they’re in.