Amy Newmark is Chicken Soup for the Soul’s author, editor-in-chief, and publisher, after a 30-year career as a writer, speaker, financial analyst, and business executive in the worlds of finance and telecommunications. Amy is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Portuguese, minored in French, and traveled extensively. She and her husband have four grown children and grandchildren.

After a long career writing books on telecommunications, voluminous financial reports, business plans, and corporate press releases, Chicken Soup for the Soul is a breath of fresh air for Amy. She has fallen in love with Chicken Soup for the Soul and its life-changing books, and really enjoys putting these books together for Chicken Soup’s wonderful readers. She has co-authored and/or edited the last 196 Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, all the ones published since mid-2008.

Follow Amy on Twitter @amynewmark. Listen to her free podcast — Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark — on Apple, Spotify, Google, or by using your favorite podcast app on your phone.

Tracie Skarbo was motivated to write by her father, who was her biggest supporter. “He was always behind me, rallying me on with my writing. I would always see him with a book in hand. He gave me a great appreciation for the written word, and the power and responsibility that writers have to shape those who read their words. He also taught me to respect nature and to value the beauty within it; my reflections on my environment are just an extension of this.” Skarbo was raised on Vancouver Island and is working on her next two books.

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Jack Canfield is an award-winning speaker and an internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies. As the beloved originator of the CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL® series, he's taught millions of individuals his modernized formulas for success, and now certifies trainers to teach his content and methodology all over the world.

Jack is the author and co-author of more than 150 books (including 66 bestsellers) with more than 100 million copies in print in 47 languages around the world. His bestselling book, THE SUCCESS PRINCIPLES: HOW TO GET FROM WHERE YOU ARE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE has been hailed as the new self-improvement classic. In 2014, SUCCESS magazine named him "One of the Most Influential Leaders in Personal Growth and Achievement." He holds the Guinness World Record for having the greatest number of books on the New York Times bestseller list at the same time.

Annmarie B. Tait resides in Harleysville, PA with her husband Joe Beck. She has over one hundred stories published in many volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul, the Kiwi Press "Thin Threads" anthology series, the HCI "Ultimate" anthology series, Patchwork Path anthologies, Grace Publishing and Reminisce Magazine.

Annmarie is newly retired and enjoying her new found freedom. Her passion is writing stories about having grown up as the youngest child in a large Irish Catholic family. Equipped with a crystal clear memory of her childhood she is thankful for an endless amount of material.

Annmarie also enjoys singing and recording Irish and American folk songs with her husband Joe as well as cooking, baking, crochet and playing scrabble.

Raymond M. Wong lives in San Diego with his wife, Quyen, and their children, Kevin and Kristie.

Education: MFA in Creative Writing -- Antioch University Los Angeles, 2013.

Scholarship: Eloise Klein Healy Scholarship -- Antioch University Los Angeles, 2011.

Publications: USA Today, Chicken Soup for the Soul, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Family, Small Print Magazine, Segue, and Marathon Literary Review.

Books: I'm Not Chinese: The Journey from Resentment to Reverence, Apprentice House, October 2014. Songs of Ourselves, an anthology by Blue Heron Book Works, contains a series of Wong's letters to his deceased father, December 2015.

Website: www.raymondmwong.com

Book Review: Written by Maggie Trapp, UC Berkeley professor of literature and writing: http://wp.me/pDLuU-OO

Awards: Winner in "Memoir" -- San Diego Book Awards 2015: http://www.sdbookawards.com/

Dr. Larry (Lawrence A.) Schardt (pronounced Shard) loves people and has researched human behavior for over 40 years. Being the oldest of eight, he’s had lots of practice.

He regularly shares his messages of inspiration, encouragement, and hope with audiences across the United States and Territories, from Alaska to the US Virgin Islands in his "Success That Rocks" presentations.

He is known for his presentations and writings on success, leadership, motivation, happiness, and living with a positive attitude.

"My Runaway Summer" (released Summer 2022) is his story of running away from Pittsburgh to Ocean City, New Jersey at 15, to escape adversity and survive on his own.

For 30 years Professor Schardt has taught at Penn State. His classes and internships include teaching, community, sustainability, and conservation.

Larry greets everyone with exuberance, the peace sign, and his favorite blessing, “Rock ’n’ Roll!!!”

Larry knows what it is to live without peace and joy. He dealt with the rigors of life. He overcame adversity, violence, and financial hardship. This enabled him to develop a “can do” positive attitude.

Even though he doesn't consider himself a sports biographer, his book, "James Conner - The Triumphs of a Football Hero," was recognized as "One of the 24 Best Sports Biography Books of All Time" by BookAuthority.

Larry has inspiring life stories in several “Chicken Soup for the Soul:” “Find Your Happiness,” “The Power of Gratitude,” and “The Best Advice I Ever Heard.”

Larry writes a daily inspirational and positive Facebook blog in an attempt to celebrate and pay forward the positive in life . . . His passion is people.

Larry received a scholarship from a mentor in his youth, which enabled him to fulfill his dream of going to college. He pledged to pay it forward and now has a scholarship fund that supports others with their dream of going to college.

Larry is also penning his approach to motivating others in the book titled “Success that Rocks.”

Larry can be reached at…Larry@SuccessThatRocks.com. Join Larry at Facebook.com/Larry.Schardt, LinkedIn.com/larryschardt, or Twitter.com/LarrySchardt.