NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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CELEBRATING SELF & INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE
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SPEAKERS BUREAU
Many of our Award-Winning authors are available for speaking engagements, interviews, podcasts, and the like. Their talents and accomplishments range widely across many genres, please see the lists below to find highly engaging experts in their field today.
Featured Award-Winning Author Speakers
(Contact Authors Directly for Your Booking)

Leadership, Creativity, and Marketing Leader
Aaron Templer
Author, agency owner, professional trainer/professor, musician, and creative mind, Aaron Templer bridges marketing, leadership, and creativity creases with 20+ years of perspective and bias-breaking.

Author, Performance Consultant , Speaker
Bill Blokker, Ed.D.
Bill Blokker, Ed.D. is a passionate and informative speaker. He has an unwavering belief that the impossible is possible! He will share insights about how people overcame crushing circumstances to achieve extraordinary results.

Author
Danny R. Smith
Retired L.A. Sheriff's homicide detective, author of detective novels and true crime.

ChIC - Chief Improvement Catalyzer
Diane Helbig
As a business advisor and trainer I serve business owners and professionals who wish to improve their outcomes and realize greater happiness. I am also an award-winning speaker and author, and podcast host.

Author of A Common Thirst and other resources
Gary Boelhower
I am an author of children's stories, poetry, and resources to help make wise decisions. I am professor emeritus at The College of St. Scholastica and have spent a career helping others access their own inner wisdom and act for the common good.

Inspirational Speaker/Author/Founder of Pajama Program
Genevieve Piturro
thor, INspirational Speaker

Award-winning author and veteran
George Hayward
Air Force veteran and award-winning author George Hayward tells a little-known, morally conflicted story of heroism, duty, honor and obligation.

Death by Design
JOHN HARRISON GRAVES
John has received three national book awards for his works of fiction and non-fiction.

Storyteller
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith is a Wisconsin novelist, podcaster, blogger, and editor. Her debut novel, published in March 2022, won the 16th Annual Juror’s Choice Award from NIEA, the 2022 PenCraft First Place Award for Women’s Fiction, and is one of the Women’s National Book Association’s 2022 Great Group Reads

My Dog Is My Relationship Coach/Maureen Scanlon/Certified Lifecoach, Relationship Expert, Speaker, Podcast Host
Maureen Scanlon
I am passionate about helping people find the best versions of themselves!

Author
Melva Haggar Dye
I began my writing career mid-life following years of travel, observation and experiences. I'm a people person, and that has translated into what I do best: characterization!

Author
Nick Holmberg
Nick Holmberg won NIEA's 2021 Best New Fiction category for his novel The Emergent. He uses elements of several genres and storytelling modes to engage and challenge the reader on perspective and social issues.

Award Winning Author, Producer, Public Relations Consultant
Pamela Hamilton
Pamela Hamilton is a producer, public relations consultant, and author of the multi-award-winning historical novel, Lady Be Good. Her career has encompassed the fields of broadcast journalism, filmmaking, and publishing.

Author
Patrick Dylan
Advocate for ending the stigma surrounding mental illness after supporting my wife through several years of acute psychosis.

Author (Memoir)
Patrick Riccards
From 2017 through 2020, Patrick Riccards served on the coaching staff for the West Windsor-Plainsboro (NJ) Wildcats Cheer team, working with WWP’s Junior Pee Wee, Pee Wee, and Junior Varsity squads. His PW squad took second place at YCADA Globals and his JV squad earned a top 10 finish at Pop Warner Natio

Author
Susan Simone
Oral Historian, Writing Workshops in Prisons, Documentary Photographer

Groovy Girl
casey cui (a.k.a., Maritza Roño Refuerzo)
Ms. Cui's debut novel, Groovy Girl, is about a young, feisty Filipino-American girl whose world turns topsy-turvy when her 19-year-old wunderkind sister is diagnosed with colon cancer, amid the chaos of an animated, dramatic extended family. Groovy Girl is the 2022 winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Asian American Pacific Islander Fiction, a 2022 finalist at the American Fiction Awards for Multicultural Fiction, and was short-listed for the 2022 Hawthorne Prize, sponsored by the American Writing Awards..
More Award-Winning Author Speakers
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Christine Reed
Website/URL:
aloneinwonderland.com
Multi-Award-Winning Author of The Munchkins Series/MG-YA Fantasy
Candice Zee
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Trying Not to Drown
Cindy Horrell Ramsey
Website/URL:
cindyhorrellramsey.com
Author of Deep Knowing. Pioneering educator redefining how we learn & know.
Kim Hermanson, Ph.D.
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Master Executive Coach/Facilitator/Trusted Advisor
Phyllis Sarkaria
Website/URL:
sarkariagroup.com
Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels: The Girl with the Eating Disorder
Simone Yemm
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Founder, CEO, & Editor-in-Chief of GGV Publishing Company, LLC
Germinal G. Van
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The Art of Being a School Counselor: Leading with Confidence, Compassion, and Authenticity
Nancy L Regas, MS, MFT, PPS
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Irene J. Steele
Website/URL:
Irenejsteele.com
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Jenn Bouchard
Website/URL:
jennbouchard.com
Throwing Thunder: Awakening the Forces of Nature in Every Woman (Kendra Ward / personal development )
Kendra Ward
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Author/Self-Help (Humility and Mental Well-Being) /CEO of Soil Of Humility
Gavin Seah
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Eating Secrets-THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TAKE CONTROL AND OVERCOME BINGEING AND SELF-SABOTAGE
Karyn De Mol & Megan Harris
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Author & Keynote Speaker
Daniel Assisi
Website/URL:
danassisi.com
Sean Moses Is Martin Luther The King Jr.
Moses D. Powe
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novelist, non-fiction writer, professor
Patricia Friedrich, PhD
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Author Branding, Design, Marketing Speaker and Columnist
Carol Van Den Hende
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Author/ Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy
Stella Williams
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