Our Authors

Thalma Lobel

Thalma E. Lobel is an internationally recognized psychologist who has served as the chair at the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University, the director of the Adler Center for Child Development and Psychopathology, the Dean of Students and a member of the executive board of the university. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a visiting scholar at Tufts University, the University of California at San Diego, and New York University. Lobel has published dozens of articles in some of the most prestigious academic, peer-reviewed journals and has received many prestigious research grants. Her latest book, Sensation, was published in 15 countries.

Books by Thalma Lobel

Dr. Zelda Lockhart

Dr. Zelda Lockhart holds a PhD in expressive art therapies, is a Fulbright Specialist and author of novels Trinity, Entends ma voix, Fifth Born, Cold Running Creek, and Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle. Her cowritten memoirs include Diamond Doris by Doris Payne. Lockhart travels internationally, inspiring folks to tell their stories to heal the wounds of colonialism using her book The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript. Follow her at ZeldaLockhart.com.

Books by Dr. Zelda Lockhart

Cara Lockwood

Cara Lockwood is the author of I Do (But I Don’t), which was made into a movie for Lifetime Television, as well as I Did (But I Wouldn’t Now), Dixieland Sushi, Pink Slip Party and Wuthering High. Cara lives with her husband in Chicago, where she is currently at work on her next novel.

Chris Logan

Chris Logan is a lecturer in the psychology department at Southern Methodist University. His area of expertise is the social psychology of conflict resolution. He has forced references to “The Simpsons” on friends, family members, innocent bystanders and countless psychology students at three universities over the last 10 years. He has a B.A. in psychology from SMU and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Texas Tech. He lives in Dallas, where he teaches and consults.

Books edited by Chris Logan

The Psychology of The SimpsonsThe Psychology of The Simpsons

Leon Logothetis

Leon Logothetis is a global adventurer, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. Leon has visited nearly 100 countries and traveled to every continent. He is the star of the Netflix series The Kindness Diaries, where he circumnavigates the globe on his vintage yellow motorbike Kindness One, giving life changing gifts along the way to unsuspecting good Samaritans. Prior to The Kindness Diaries, Leon was host of the TV series Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, which ran on National Geographic International for three seasons, following Leon as he crossed America, the United Kingdom, and Europe on just five dollars, five pounds, and five euros a day, respectively.

Leon has documented his travels for numerous media outlets including CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, CNN, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Outside, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and the New York Times. He is the author of three bestselling books: Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, The Kindness Diaries, and Live, Love, Explore.

Books by Leon Logothetis

Greg Logsted

Greg Logsted lives in Danbury, Conn., with his wife, Lauren Baratz-Logsted. He tries to convince their daughter Jackie that he fights robots for a living but in fact owns the Other Guy Cleaning Service. Greg is a lifelong music fan, currently working on his first novel.

Sabin Lomac

Scarborough, Maine, native Sabin Lomac is the cofounder of Cousins Maine Lobster, a start-up food truck business that has grown to over 75 units, including both gourmet food trucks and fast-casual restaurants. In 2012, he and his cousin, Jim Tselikis, opened a single food truck in Los Angeles, looking to bring the authentic Maine lobster experience from their childhood to the West Coast. After an endearing 2012 Shark Tank appearance that culminated in a partnership with Barbara Corcoran, the Cousins began franchising, bringing authentic Maine Lobster eats to unique neighborhoods across the US. Sabin and his cousin work vigorously to ensure not only the quality and consistency of their product, but to elevate and promote the “family first” ethos at the core of CML.

Books by Sabin Lomac

Michael E. Long

Trained as a physicist, Michael E. Long is an award-winning speechwriter, screenwriter, and playwright. As a playwright, more than 20 of his shows have been produced, most on New York stages. As a screenwriter, his honors include finalist for the grand prize in screenwriting at the Slamdance Film Festival. As a speechwriter, Mr. Long has written for members of Congress, U.S. cabinet secretaries, governors, diplomats, business executives, and presidential candidates. A popular speaker and educator, Mr. Long has addressed audiences around the world, including in a keynote at Oxford University. He teaches writing at Georgetown University, where he is a former director of writing. Mr. Long pursued undergraduate studies at Murray State University and graduate studies at Vanderbilt University.

Ralph D. Lorenz, Ph.D.

Ralph D. Lorenz, Ph.D., is a native of Scotland, but resides in Columbia, Md. He has a B.Eng. in aerospace systems engineering from the University of Southampton, U.K., and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Kent, U.K. He worked for the European Space Agency in the Netherlands on the design of the Huygens probe to Titan, and for over 15 years has been involved in Mars flight projects and the Cassini spacecraft. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society. He has written several books, including Spinning Flight, Space Systems Failures and Lifting Titan’s Veil.

Holly Lorincz

Holly Lorincz is a successful collaborative writer and the owner of Lorincz Literary Services. She is an award-winning novelist (Smart Mouth, The Everything Girl) and co-writer (including the bestselling Crown Heights, How to Survive a Day in Prison, and Arsenal of Hope), a nationally recognized speaking coach, and the proud new proprietor of Cloud and Leaf Bookstore on the Oregon coast.

Books by Holly Lorincz