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Category Archives: BenBella News

Announcing: Country Music Causes Brain Damage

Gerry House & the House Foundation’s Nashville radio show was a requisite stop for country music artists for more than 20 years. Widely considered America’s #1 country radio Personality, Gerry House has won virtually every broadcasting award, including four wins for Personality of the Year from The Academy of Country Music and a spot in the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. …

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Announcing: Sacred Success®

In the midst of a devastating financial situation, Barbara Stanny’s life changed when she interviewed successful business women for a freelance assignment and felt inspired by their wisdom and experiences.

Now a leading expert on women and money, Stanny travels the country educating women about finances. Her goal? To empower women financially.  …

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Announcing: Eat Well

Dr. Linda Bacon’s first book, Health At Every Size, was an eye-opening, myth-busting game changer for a society obsessed with weight loss and dieting. Met with both positive and skeptical feedback, HAES uses exhaustive scientific research to debunk the notion that fat means “unhealthy” – or that a thin figure signifies good health. …

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Announcing: Screw the Valley

While the “Silicon Valley” derives its name from the large number of silicon chip innovators who put down roots in the southern region of the San Francisco Bay, in the decades since the tech-boom, that name has come to be synonymous with technology corporations and startups of all kinds. A 2008 study revealed that when the entire Bay area is taken into account, …

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Meet Katie!

Katie Kennedy is a Marketing Assistant at BenBella Books. She grew up in Arlington and then moved down the road to Fort Worth, where she graduated from Texas Christian University with a BA in English. She feels pretty lucky to have found a job at a publishing company that didn’t involve moving away from her family or her favorite restaurants. …

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Meet Jessika!

Jessika Rieck is the Production Assistant at BenBella Books. She attended Bryn Mawr College where she graduated with a BA in English Literature and a new appreciation for the German language. (Her favorite word is herumtollen – to cavort.) Jessika likes reading poetry, transformative works, and experimental fiction. If she had one wish, …

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Meet Kathy!

Kathy Kosinski is one of the new Marketing Interns at BenBella Books. She recently moved to Dallas from Detroit, Michigan and is enjoying Texas immensely. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in English and Spanish, and spent an instructive summer at the University of Denver Publishing Institute. Kathy’s three most favorite things are dogs, …

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Announcing: Freedom Factor

Many of you are undoubtedly familiar with Tim Ferriss’ game-changing book, The Four Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich. With it, Ferriss’ whetted the appetites of over a million people, introducing the concept of outsourcing to a new class of entrepreneurs — those who consider themselves to be more or less “average Joe” businessmen. …

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Meet Vy!

Vy Tran is the Editorial Assistant at BenBella Books. She oversees copyright permissions for non-photo content and assists with developing content, including big-picture and detailed editing and copyediting, and maintaining the house style guide and editorial standards. A California native, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco in 2012 with a BA in English Literature. …

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Meet Joshua!

Joshua A. Hughes is a marketing assistant at BenBella Books. He received a B.A. in American Studies and has worked in writing and marketing across Texas, including in his hometown of San Antonio. Joshua’s favorite book is The Great Gatsby.