Elena V. Amber
Elena V. Amber is a founder, researcher, and 4x award-winning author whose work bridges leadership, psychology, and sustainability. She is the author of The Gift of Sensitivity, praised by Kirkus Reviews as a unique contribution to self-help and recognized as a Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, and Emotional Capital for the Triple Win, which presents 50 strategies to transform consumer behavior for the benefit of people, planet, and prosperity. With more than 15 years of international C-level business experience, Elena combines practical leadership expertise with a strong academic background that includes degrees in biology, psychology, management, and an MBA from Warwick Business School.
She is currently pursuing doctoral research
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David Crane
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He is the acclaimed biographer of Scott of the Antarctic and of Edward Trelawny, companion of Byron and Shelley. He also wrote The Kindness Of Sisters, an account of the relationship between Byron's widow and his sister-in-law, who bore his child. His book, Empires Of The Dead, about Fabian Ware and the building of the First World War cemeteries, was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction.
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Once-was scientist; now writer, artist, musician, and theatre producer.
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To add the magic the world needs; it can be very hard to find, so I make that my job.
I also like to help others achieve their creative potential :) Yay!
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Marti Ward
Marti Ward is an award-winning writer, teacher, researcher and entrepreneur known for his serial startups and his interdisciplinary work from the behavioural, cognitive, health and information sciences to environmental and robotic engineering - but he writes under several variants of his name.
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Marti is well known for his award-winning Paradisi Lost Missions novels as well as the new Quantum Talents series, and has recently coauthored the articulated Moonchild and Klandor Rising series with B. Ward Powers.
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