About

Author and co-author of best-selling, award-winning nonfiction books and memoirs. Expert at capturing an author's voice, compelling story-telling and making complex ideas easy to understand. Areas of expertise include: memoir, entrepreneurship, investing, yoga and music. Co-authored books include #3 WSJ bestseller THE BRAIN-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE for Friederike Fabritius (Rowman & Littlefield 2022), #22 Amazon Biographies GOODBYE HOMEBOY for Steve Mariotti (BenBella Books 2019). My book THE LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES (foreword by Dr. John) won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Book on Music.

Featured Work

Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement

2019
Front Cover of Goodbye Homeboy

Other Works

  • The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay

    2022

  • The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu

    2018

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing (multiple editions)

    2009

  • The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Small Business (with Steve Mariotti)

    2000

Awards and Recognition

  • ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Book on Music (The Language of the Blues)
  • #3 Wall Street Journal Bestseller List (The Brain Friendly Workplace w/Friederike Fabritius)
  • 2020 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Autobiography of the Year (Goodbye Homeboy with Steve Mariotti)
  • 2020 Independent Author Network – The Outstanding Biography/Autobiography Winner (Goodbye Homeboy with Steve Mariotti)
  • 2020 Independent Press Gold Medal for Education (Goodbye Homeboy w/Steve Mariotti)