Zibby Owens is an author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four. Zibby founded Zibby Owens Media, a privately-held media company designed to help busy people live their best lives by connecting to books and each other. One division is Moms Don’t Have Time To, the home for Zibby’s podcasts, publications (including two anthologies), and communities. The other is Zibby Books, a publishing home for fiction and memoir which she co-founded with Leigh Newman. Her award-winning podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, has been downloaded millions of times. She is a regular columnist for Good Morning America, Katie Couric Media, and Moms Don’t Have Time to Write on Medium. Her upcoming memoir, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, comes out July 1, 2022 (Little A). Her first children’s book Princess Charming (Flamingo/Penguin Random House) debuts April 19, 2022, and will be followed by a second. She lives in New York with her husband and four children. For more information, visit zibbyowens.com and follow her on Instagram.
Grace Sammon
Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies and traveled to 35 states and 10 foreign countries. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel - The Eves - as well as with a return to one of her early loves, radio. The Eves is an intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age. Grace brings that quest for a good story, and a drive to keep contributing, to her multi-award-winning radio show, “The Storytellers.” Broadcast on Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, each episode captures the stories of authors and others who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Grace also hosts the multi-award-winning “LAUNCH PAD” radio show that celebrates book releases and the authors that create them.
At heart, a creative collaborator, Grace’s most recent efforts have resulted in a three-book series on writing craft: LAUNCH PAD The Countdown to Writing – Publishing and Marketing Your Book as well as the eBook “Sharp Tips for Effective Writing.” She is also the founder of Author Talk Network, a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association (WFWA), and Women’s National Book Association (WNBA), and she is the Director of Membership for one of the fastest growing FaceBook groups “Bookish Road Trip.” She is currently sketching out her next novel.
Grace grew up on Long Island, NY, and spent most of her life in the Washington, DC area. She currently lives on Florida’s west coast with her husband and a small herd of imaginary llamas. You can reach Grace via email at gmsammon@gmail.com and learn more at www.GraceSammon.NET
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