Authors of General Market Books

Tom Sileo

Tom Sileo is an author, award-winning journalist and contributing senior editor at The Stream who spent more than eight years working in local and national newsrooms. Tom became a WordServe Literary client in 2020 while writing BE BOLD: How a Marine Corps Hero Broke Barriers for Women at War. Tom's first solo effort, which tells the inspiring true story of fallen U.S. Marine Maj. Megan McClung,... learn more

John Spencer

John W. Spencer currently serves as the chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, codirector of the Urban Warfare Project, and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast.  He served over twenty-five years in the Army as an infantry soldier having held ranks from private to sergeant first class and second lieutenant to major. His assignments as... learn more

Laura Stack

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, is best known by her moniker "The Productivity Pro®." Stack is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and noted authority on sales, leadership, and team productivity. She is the President & CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a boutique consulting firm helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments. She is also the Founder & CEO of Johnny's... learn more

Curt Steinhorst

Curt Steinhorst is on a mission to rescue us from our distracted selves. Having spent years studying the impact of tech on human behavior, Curt founded Focuswise, a consultancy that equips organizations to overcome the distinct challenges of the constantly-connected workplace. He is also a certified speaker at the Center for Generational Kinetics, the premier organization for generational research in North America. Diagnosed with... learn more

John Strege

John Strege is the author of seven books, two of them New York Times bestsellers -- "Tiger: A Biography of Tiger Woods" and "18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons with Dad," co-authored with Bing Crosby's son Nathaniel. Another book, "When War Played Through: Golf During World War II," won the United States Golf Association's Herbert Warren Wind Book Award in 2005.... learn more

Jamie Sumner

Jamie Sumner is the author of the forthcoming, middle-grade novel, Roll with It. Her book, Tune It Out for middle-grade readers came out in 2020, and her third book with Atheneum Books for Young Readers will come out in 2021. She is also the author of the non-fiction books on motherhood, Unbound, and Eat, Sleep, Save the World, for parents of children with... learn more

Kris Tarantino

Kris Tarantino writes picture books for children. Her debut book, Be My ValenSLIME, illustrated by New York Times bestselling illustrator Cori Doerrfeld, is forthcoming from WaterBrook in December 2023. Kris has a deep appreciation for a child’s inquisitive nature and their fantastical imaginations, and her stories draw on her own experiences, sprinkled with humor, playfulness, and whimsy. She is a member of SCBWI and... learn more

Marv Truhe

Marv Truhe is the author of Against all Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot. It will be published in hardcover by Lawrence Hill Books in October, 2022, on the 50th anniversary of the incident which is the subject of the book.  Marv was a Navy JAG defense lawyer and defended several of the sailors at their Special Courts-Martial... learn more

Karissa Tunis

Karissa Tunis is a writer, co-owner of Adore Them Parenting, and founder of Milestone Family Expos. Through these ventures she has been able to share inspiring, heartfelt insight with large audiences both within local communities and across the country. Her parenting articles have been published in dozens of print and online publications as she enjoys connecting families with helpful resources. As a mom of... learn more

September Vaudrey

September Vaudrey is a writer’s writer whose publishing credits include HarperCollins, Thomas Nelson, Zondervan, and Tyndale Momentum. She is the author or collaborator of eight books to date, including two for an international bestseller. She also has a knack for writing compelling book proposals that land deals for first-time authors. Her first book, Colors of Goodbye (Tyndale Momentum, 2016), was a 2017 finalist... learn more