Our Authors

Elizabeth MacBride

Elizabeth MacBride is a journalist, author and expert in finance, investing and technology. She is an advocate for a fair, accessible financial system and policies that support women’s economic power. She has written or edited for Quartz, Forbes Magazine, Atlantic, Stanford GSB, CNBC, BBC, Newsweek and many others, and is the co-author of two previous books: The Little Book of Robo Investing, the latest in the acclaimed Wiley series and The New Builders.

Books by Elizabeth MacBride

Debbie MacInnis, PhD

Dr. Debbie MacInnis is a university professor and a globally recognized, multi-award-winning expert on evidence-based customer decision-making and brand strategies, emphasizing brand benefits, execution, and brand growth. Her awards include the University of Southern California Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fellow of the American Marketing Association, and a Fellow of the Association for Consumer Research. Debbie has consulted with many organizations such as Hallmark, Proctor and Gamble, the American Beverage Association, United Talent Agency, and major advertising companies. She has been an expert witness for the Federal Trade Commission and other organizations.

Books by Debbie MacInnis, PhD

Jill MacKay

Jill MacKay is a 20-year-old student studying zoology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. When she’s not dissecting snails or chasing after birds, she can be found terrorizing literary agents with various unpublished novels. She and her little sister have been tackling Halo on cooperative play since 2002 but have still to complete Halo 2 on Legendary. This is blamed on their aversion to being shot at.

John Mackey

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John Mackey is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and visionary of Whole Foods Market. In his 44 years of service as CEO, the natural and organic grocer grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, to 540 stores in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, with annual sales exceeding $22 billion. Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book entitled Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business and follow up, Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity through Business. He is also the co-author of The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevityand The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes. Mackey currently serves on the board of directors for Conscious Capitalism, The Motley Fool, CATO Institute, The Institute for Cultural Evolution, and Students for Liberty and is pursuing his next business venture, Love.Life.

Books by John Mackey

Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson is renowned globally as one of the original and iconic supermodels, as well as an acclaimed entrepreneur. Throughout her phenomenal forty-year career, she has connected with people and projects that resonate with her values, forging a path of success and influence.

Today, Elle is an prominent force in the wellness world, a sought-after motivational speaker, and advocate for natural beauty, redefining real beauty as soul deep, not just skin deep. She is the founder and creative director of WelleCo, guiding the brand’s aim to enable and encourage everyone to liberate, appreciate and amplify their unique inner essence through being well, so they feel amazing and live fully. She has two sons, Flynn and Cy, and lives in Miami.

Books by Elle Macpherson

Dario Maestripieri

Dario Maestripieri earned his Ph.D. in psychobiology from the University of Rome, Italy, in 1992. He is currently an associate professor of comparative human development and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago. His research interests focus on the biology of behavior, and in particular on physiological, ecological and evolutionary aspects of primate social behavior. Dr. Maestripieri has published over 130 scientific articles and several books including Primate Psychology (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World (The University of Chicago Press, 2007).

David Magee

David Magee is the author of Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss, a Publishers Weekly bestseller, named a Best Book of the South, and featured on CBS Mornings, and other non-fiction books. A changemaker in student and family mental health and substance misuse, he’s creator of The William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi and a frequent motivational speaker, helping others find and keep the joy they want and deserve.

Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is co-director of Children’s Literature New England, Incorporated, and author of books for children and adults, including Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and Son of a Witch.