Will Jelbert
Will Jelbert is the best-selling author of The Happiness Animal
and a series of children’s books. His books have been translated
into multiple languages worldwide. He is also a journalist
and a public speaker on connection and happiness. He grew
up on a fourth-generation family farm near Penzance in Cornwall,
England—yes, the Penzance that made the pirates famous. He has
lived and worked in England, India, France, Germany, and Australia,
and is now based in New York.
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Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican fact -
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He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
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Brené Brown
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Tim Marshall was Diplomatic Editor and foreign correspondent for Sky News. After thirty years' experience in news reporting and presenting, he left full time news journalism to concentrate on writing and analysis.
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