Shiv Chibber is the chief Creator Educator at Convertkit. A seasoned expert with a decade of experience in entrepreneurship and marketing technology, he has helped thousands of individuals and businesses increase revenue and growth, by developing and implementing their marketing and sales strategies. As an experienced workshop host, he has led hundreds of workshops around the world, both in person and digitally.

Ricardo Fayet is one of the four founders of Reedsy, a marketplace connecting authors to the world’s top publishing talent. He is a regular presenter at several prestigious writers’ conferences. He oversees the marketing for all Reedsy products—Marketplace, Book Editor, Learning, Discovery—and is a big SEO and book advertising enthusiast. 

Previously a performer on stage and the small screen, Robert Anderson is a hunter, photographer, and a man of faith. He is a Best-Selling Crime and Psychological Thriller Author and a Global Book Awards Winner. He is currently writing his fifth novel, “In the Year 2433,” His latest launch was “Crush His Heart,” a Max Augustine Thriller.

Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling fantasy author who has written dozens of novels and graphic novels including The Godsverse Chronicles, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, and Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter. He is the publisher of Wannabe Press, co-host of the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast, cofounder of the Writer MBA training academy, and cofounder of The Future of Publishing Mastermind. He also co-created the Author Ecosystem archetype system to help authors thrive. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.

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Elizabeth Ann West is a Jane-of-all-trades, mistress to none! A leader in technological education for authors on digital publishing since 2011, she has helped hundreds of authors publish profitably in their preferred genre. Starting her writing career as an SEO writer in 2007, transitioning to a book marketer with The-Cheap back in 2012, and finally starting her own author education school in 2018, she now speaks at national author conferences such as 20Booksto50K Vegas and Romance Writers of America on topics about the publishing business, derivative fiction, and writing with AI. Working closely with Sudowrite in 2023 as their Community and Education Lead, she now consults for prompt engineering and loves staying up on the latest innovations. An alumni of Christopher Newport University with a B. A. in Leadership Studies, she has authored over 25 novels and hit the top 100 on the Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Google Play stores.

Sandra Beckwith is an author, book marketing coach, and national award-winning former publicist who teaches authors how to save thousands of dollars by doing their own book marketing and promotion. Her Build Book Buzz book marketing blog with its free how-to content is ranked 7th among thousands of book marketing blogs globally and has been honored as a top website for authors and writers seven times.

Joe Yamulla is an avid reader, writer, and manages the BookBaby Bookshop. He has lived in Pennsylvania for his whole life, and calls Philadelphia his home. Outside of work, Joe loves rooting for the 76ers, doing CrossFit, and spending time with his wife Nora and dogs Jelly Bean and Rory.