Bestselling Authors Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers whose bestselling books your audience has already read, gifted, and quoted back at each other.
When the keynote speaker wrote the book your attendees already own, half the work of the event is done before the lights go down. Bestselling authors walk on stage with built-in credibility: Mel Robbins arrives with The Let Them Theory, Arthur C. Brooks with the happiness research he wrote with Oprah Winfrey, Keith Ferrazzi with Never Eat Alone, and Bethany Hamilton with the story millions know from Soul Surfer. An author keynote gives planners more than a talk; it gives a theme, a giveaway, a signing line, and a shared vocabulary the whole organization can use for the rest of the year. The roster below spans business blockbusters, unforgettable memoirs, big-idea researchers, and personal development chart-toppers, so you can match the book, and the author behind it, to your room.
Business & Leadership Blockbusters
The books on every leadership shelf, delivered live: Keith Ferrazzi, Scott Galloway, David Novak, and Will Guidara bring their bestsellers to the stage.
Keith Ferrazzi
Author of the #1 NYT bestseller Never Eat Alone, the networking bible with millions of copies in print, and the follow-up Never Lead Alone. The world's top executive team coach turns the book your sales force already owns into a working session on relationships and teamship.
Scott Galloway
NYU Stern professor and author of the bestsellers The Four, The Algebra of Wealth, and Post Corona. Brings the same provocative, data-heavy voice from the page to the stage, handicapping big tech, markets, and the economy for boards and executive audiences.
Will Guidara
Author of the NYT bestseller Unreasonable Hospitality, the service manifesto born from taking Eleven Madison Park to number one restaurant in the world. Teams across every industry are reading it; he delivers the ideas live with the stories behind them.
David Novak
Former Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands and #1 NYT bestselling author of Taking People With You. A rare draw: a Fortune 500 CEO whose leadership book topped the list, delivering recognition culture and people-first leadership straight from the source.
Liz Wiseman
Author of Multipliers, the NYT bestseller that made accidental diminishers a leadership vocabulary word, plus Impact Players. Her research-based frameworks give leadership audiences a book they already know and a diagnostic they can run on themselves Monday morning.
Danny Meyer
Founder of Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group and author of Setting the Table, the hospitality classic still on management reading lists two decades on. Books when the room wants enlightened hospitality explained by the person who literally wrote it.
Daymond John
Shark Tank star, FUBU founder, and NYT bestselling author of The Power of Broke and Rise and Grind. Audiences arrive knowing the face and the books; he delivers scrappy, budget-tight entrepreneurship lessons with primetime television energy and street-tested proof.
Barbara Corcoran
Shark Tank star and founder of The Corcoran Group, author of Shark Tales, the story of turning a $1,000 loan into a real estate empire. A household name whose book gives sales and entrepreneur audiences a ready-made narrative arc and a signing line.
Carla Harris
Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman and author of Expect to Win and Lead to Win, the career playbooks built on her famous Carla's Pearls. Wall Street credibility plus gospel-singer stage presence make her books come alive for leadership and women-in-business audiences.
Kindra Hall
Author of the WSJ bestseller Stories That Stick, the book that turned strategic storytelling into a boardroom discipline. She shows sales, marketing, and leadership teams how to find and tell the stories buried in their own business, exactly as the book promises.
Bestselling Memoirs & True Stories
Stories audiences already know from page and screen: Bethany Hamilton, Molly Bloom, and Scott Harrison deliver the memoir in person.
Bethany Hamilton
Professional surfer who returned to competition after losing her arm in a shark attack at 13, and NYT bestselling author of Soul Surfer, the memoir behind the major motion picture. The audience walks in already knowing the story; she makes it theirs.
Molly Bloom
Author of Molly's Game, the memoir Aaron Sorkin turned into an Oscar-nominated film about running the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game. Delivers a keynote on risk, resilience, and reinvention that the room has already seen trailered in theaters.
Jesse Itzler
Serial entrepreneur, Marquis Jet co-founder, and author of the NYT bestseller Living with a SEAL, the story of hiring David Goggins to move in for a month. His books are word-of-mouth hits; Jesse Itzler delivers the same build-your-life-resume push in person.
Scott Harrison
Founder and CEO of charity: water and author of the #1 NYT bestseller Thirst, his journey from Manhattan nightclub promoter to clean-water pioneer. One of the great modern redemption memoirs, delivered live for audiences that need purpose reignited.
Mike Massimino
Former NASA astronaut, Columbia University professor, and author of the bestselling memoir Spaceman plus the follow-up Moonshot. He fixed the Hubble on a spacewalk, then wrote one of the most beloved astronaut books; Mike Massimino's session is the memoir with the view attached.
John O’Leary
Burned on 100 percent of his body at age nine, John O'Leary wrote the #1 national bestseller On Fire and the follow-up In Awe. His memoir moves audiences before he takes the stage; live, it becomes a masterclass in gratitude and resilience.
Amy Purdy
Paralympic medalist snowboarder who lost both legs to bacterial meningitis at 19 and NYT bestselling author of On My Own Two Feet. A Dancing with the Stars finalist, her memoir gives resilience programming a face and a story the audience already loves.
Cynthia ‘Cynt’ Marshall
CEO of the Dallas Mavericks and bestselling author of You've Been Chosen, her memoir of rising from Birmingham poverty to the corner office while surviving cancer. Book-driven proof that culture transformation and personal resilience are the same story, told by the CEO living both.
Emma Heming Willis
NYT bestselling author of The Unexpected Journey, her account of caregiving after Bruce Willis's dementia diagnosis. For healthcare, HR, and wellness audiences, the book has made her America's most visible caregiver advocate; the keynote extends the conversation the book started.
Science & Big-Idea Bestsellers
The researchers and futurists behind the big-idea bestsellers: Arthur C. Brooks, Peter Diamandis, Dan Buettner, and Peter Zeihan.
Arthur C. Brooks
Harvard professor and #1 NYT bestselling author of Build the Life You Want, co-written with Oprah Winfrey, plus From Strength to Strength. The leading social scientist of happiness, giving audiences the rare keynote grounded in a book their CEO gifted the whole team.
Peter Diamandis
Founder of XPRIZE and Singularity University and NYT bestselling author of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think. His books set the vocabulary for exponential thinking; Peter Diamandis updates them in real time for strategy and innovation audiences.
Dan Buettner
Blue Zones founder, National Geographic Fellow, and #1 NYT bestselling author of The Blue Zones franchise that became a hit Netflix series. Brings the world's most famous longevity research to wellness, healthcare, and benefits audiences straight from the source.
Jonah Berger
Wharton marketing professor and author of Contagious and Magic Words, the bestsellers on why things catch on and which words move people. Gives sales, marketing, and product audiences the actual research behind books already sitting on their shelves.
Ian Bremmer
Political scientist, founder of Eurasia Group, and bestselling author of Us vs. Them and The Power of Crisis. For boards and global companies, he delivers the geopolitical risk briefing his books made essential reading, tuned to the quarter you are planning.
Peter Zeihan
Geopolitical strategist and bestselling author of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning, the deglobalization book that became required reading in supply chain and finance circles. Peter Zeihan maps the book's thesis directly onto your industry and region.
Nouriel Roubini
World-renowned economist nicknamed Dr. Doom for calling the 2008 crisis, and bestselling author of MegaThreats and Crisis Economics. For financial services and investor audiences, he delivers the risk outlook his books made famous, updated to the current cycle.
Personal Development Chart-Toppers
The self-improvement books everyone gifted last year: Mel Robbins, Jay Shetty, and Jon Acuff turn them into keynotes.
Mel Robbins
Author of The Let Them Theory and The 5 Second Rule, two of the bestselling personal development books of the past decade, and host of a chart-topping podcast. The rare keynote where most of the room has already read, gifted, or quoted the book.
Jay Shetty
Former monk turned #1 NYT bestselling author of Think Like a Monk and 8 Rules of Love, with one of the largest wellness audiences on earth. Brings mindfulness and purpose into mainstream corporate rooms through books much of the audience already owns.
Jon Acuff
NYT bestselling author of Soundtracks, Finish, and All It Takes Is a Goal. The funniest voice in personal development, he turns overthinking into a superpower for sales kickoffs and all-hands crowds that want big laughs with their book-club favorite.
Ryan Leak
Three-time NYT bestselling author of books including Chasing Failure and Leveling Up. He tried out for the NBA to prove the value of chasing failure and planned a surprise wedding in six days; his books give growth-minded audiences a repeatable playbook.
Jean Chatzky
CEO of HerMoney Media, former Today Show financial editor, and NYT and WSJ bestselling author of books including Women with Money and The Difference. Makes financial wellness a mainstream keynote, backed by titles audiences already trust with their own money.
Jia Jiang
Author of Rejection Proof, the book born from his viral 100 Days of Rejection experiment and one of the most watched TED talks on fear. Sales and innovation teams read the book, then watch him turn rejection into raw material on stage.
Ben Nemtin
Co-founder of The Buried Life and NYT bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?, the bucket-list movement that became an MTV series. Gives audiences a book, a show, and a keynote about actually going after the list.
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Adam Markel
Author of Pivot and Change Proof, books on building resilient, change-ready people and cultures. A former trial attorney turned resilience researcher, he fits rooms that want the reinvention theme of the bestseller shelf applied directly to organizational change.
Alex Honnold
Star of the Oscar-winning film Free Solo and co-author of Alone on the Wall, the memoir of climbing without a rope. For audiences that want the story behind a famous title, his risk-and-preparation keynote comes with cinematic proof the room has seen.
Amy Jo Martin
NYT bestselling author of Renegades Write the Rules, one of the first books on personal branding and social influence, written from building digital audiences with Shaquille O'Neal and Dana White. Human transformation keynotes with a bestseller pedigree behind them.
Anna David
NYT bestselling author of eight books, including the Party Girl novels, and a leading voice on turning personal stories into authority. She speaks on goal-setting, recovery, and the craft of authorship itself, a natural fit for rooms curious about the book behind the speaker.
Anthony Robles
Born with one leg, won the 2011 NCAA wrestling championship, and told the story in his memoir Unstoppable, now an Amazon Prime biopic. The book and the film do the setup; Anthony Robles delivers the mindset underneath them both.
Ben Casnocha
Co-author with Reid Hoffman of the NYT bestsellers The Start-Up of You and The Alliance, the books that reframed careers as startups. Brings Silicon Valley talent thinking to workforce and future-of-work agendas with bestselling source material already in circulation.
Bert Jacobs
Co-founder and Chief Executive Optimist of Life is Good and co-author of Life is Good: The Book. He built a $100 million brand on optimism; Bert Jacobs pairs the book's message with a t-shirt half the audience already owns.
Candy Valentino
WSJ bestselling author of Wealth Habits and The 9% Edge. She built, scaled, and sold businesses for more than two decades, and turns her books into practical wealth-building and growth frameworks for entrepreneur and financial services audiences.
Cary Carbonaro
Award-winning Certified Financial Planner and bestselling author of The Money Queen's Guide and Women and Wealth. Brings published, planner-grade financial expertise to women-and-money programming, with books that give every attendee a take-home companion to the keynote.
David Horsager
Bestselling author of The Trust Edge and Trusted Leader, backed by his annual Trust Outlook research study. For leadership audiences, he connects the trust framework readers know from his books to measurable business outcomes they can track after the event.
Deion Sanders
NFL Hall of Famer, University of Colorado head coach, and author of Elevate and Dominate. Coach Prime's book distills his swagger-plus-discipline formula; the keynote brings one of the biggest personalities in sports to leadership and team-culture stages.
Dr. Ivan Joseph
Award-winning performance coach and author of You Got This, the book that grew out of his TEDx talk on self-confidence with tens of millions of views. Brings the skill-of-confidence message to leadership and culture transformation programming with a published framework.
Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Chief Strategy Officer at Culture Partners and #1 USA Today bestselling author, known for Unfairly Labeled, her research debunking generational stereotypes at work. Pairs published research with live culture-change frameworks for HR and executive leadership audiences.
Erica Dhawan
Author of Digital Body Language, the definitive book on reading trust and tone across screens, and Get Big Things Done. Her connectional intelligence research fits any workforce wrestling with hybrid communication, with a book teams can adopt after the keynote.
Erik Qualman
Five-time bestselling author of books including Socialnomics and Digital Leader, translated into multiple languages and taught in hundreds of universities. He pairs his books on digital leadership and focus with high-production keynotes on attention, distraction, and AI.
Erik Wahl
Graffiti artist and author of Unthink and The Spark and the Grind, books on reclaiming creativity inside disciplined organizations. His onstage speed-painting performance turns the books' argument into a live demonstration audiences photograph, share, and remember.
Heather McGowan
Co-author of The Adaptation Advantage and The Empathy Advantage, the books HR leaders cite on the future of work. Gives workforce transformation audiences a published framework for learning velocity, identity beyond the job title, and human-centered leadership.
Inky Johnson
College football standout whose career ended with a paralyzing injury one play from a likely NFL future, a story told in his book Inky. His memoir-driven message on perseverance, faith, and purpose makes him a favorite for teams facing real adversity.
Jay Baer
NYT bestselling author of Youtility plus Hug Your Haters and The Time to Win. His books on helpful marketing, complaint handling, and responsiveness give revenue teams research they can quote and a keynote that operationalizes it the next quarter.
Jerry Kaplan
Silicon Valley pioneer and author of Humans Need Not Apply, Generative AI, and the classic startup memoir Startup. For audiences that want artificial intelligence explained by someone who has both built the technology and written the standard books about it.
Jesse Cole
Owner of the Savannah Bananas and author of Fans First and Banana Ball. He built the most viral fan experience in sports and documented the playbook; his books give customer experience and marketing audiences a case study they have already watched go viral.
Jim Abbott
Joan Lunden
Award-winning journalist, former Good Morning America host, and author of a dozen books including Why Did I Come into This Room? Her books on aging, caregiving, and surviving cancer anchor keynotes for healthcare, wellness, and women's leadership audiences.
Jon Dorenbos
Fourteen-year NFL long snapper, America's Got Talent finalist magician, and author of Life is Magic, his memoir of surviving family tragedy and choosing forgiveness. The book supplies the story; the keynote adds sleight of hand no other author can match.
Josh Linkner
NYT bestselling author of Big Little Breakthroughs and Disciplined Dreaming and a five-time tech entrepreneur. His books turn innovation into daily habits rather than moonshots, and his jazz-guitarist keynote style makes creativity feel executable for corporate audiences.
Kevin Brown
Bestselling author of The Hero Effect, a framework for showing up and serving with extraordinary purpose. A former franchise-brand executive, he books well for service culture and frontline leadership events built around one memorable, giftable idea.
Lindsey Pollak
NYT bestselling author of The Remix and Becoming the Boss, the standard references on multigenerational workplaces. HR and leadership audiences arrive with her books already on the shelf and leave with a shared playbook for five generations working together.
Liz Bohannon
Founder of Sseko Designs, one of the world's largest fair trade fashion brands, and author of Beginner's Pluck, her anti-passion-myth manifesto on building a life of purpose. Fits entrepreneurship and purpose-driven programming with a book to match the message.
Mariana Atencio
Peabody Award-winning journalist and author of Perfectly You, her memoir of immigration and authenticity that grew out of a TEDx talk with tens of millions of views. Books for audiences that want trust and belonging themes with a published story behind them.
Mick Ebeling
Founder of Not Impossible Labs and author of Not Impossible, chronicling projects like 3D-printed prosthetics for children in Sudan. A two-time SXSW Innovator of the Year whose book turns help-one-help-many innovation into a repeatable method for purpose-minded audiences.
Nick Tasler
Organizational psychologist and author of Why Quitters Win and Ricochet, books on decisive change. His Your Year of Wonders message gives change management programming a research-backed, author-led anchor that lands without requiring a celebrity budget.
Pandit Dasa
The Monk from Manhattan and author of Urban Monk, his account of moving from family bankruptcy to fifteen years of monastic life. Brings mindfulness and workplace wellbeing to corporate audiences with a memoir that explains exactly where the calm comes from.
Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Business futurist and author of Anarchy, Inc. and Pandemic, Inc., books on capitalizing on disruption. He speaks on AI and exponential trends for industry associations that want an author-researcher's depth rather than a celebrity name and price tag.
Ron Insana
CNBC senior analyst and author of books including The Message of the Markets and How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Bailout in U.S. History. Delivers market and economic outlooks with a financial journalist's fluency and a working author's depth.
Sam Richter
Author of the award-winning Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling, the sales-intelligence classic. His keynotes turn the book's premise, knowing more about buyers before you ever call, into live demonstrations of AI-powered research that stun sales audiences.
Scott Burrows
Paralyzed from the chest down at 19, he wrote Vision Mindset Grit, the framework he now delivers from his wheelchair. The book's three words become three practical tools for change, safety, and adversity programming across corporate and association events.
Shannon Polson
One of the first women to fly Army Apache helicopters and author of The Grit Factor, built on interviews with pioneering military women about resilience and leadership. Her book gives leadership development programs a research-plus-memoir foundation with real altitude.
Stacey Hanke
Author of Influence Redefined and Yes You Can!, books on building communication influence Monday to Monday. She gives leadership and sales audiences a published, drillable method for being heard, remembered, and acted on long after the meeting ends.
Steve Cadigan
LinkedIn's first Chief HR Officer and author of Workquake, his book on embracing the disruption reshaping work. Talent and future-of-work programming gets an author who built culture at a defining company and then wrote the field guide for everyone else.
Tyronne Stoudemire
SVP of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Hyatt Hotels and author of Diversity Done Right. Brings a published, practitioner-tested framework for navigating cultural difference to leadership and culture audiences that want substance over slogans.
Zack Kass
Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI and one of the most in-demand voices on applied AI. On a bestselling-authors bill he is the practitioner counterweight: the person building what this year's big-idea books are being written about, sharing what comes next.
The range here is the point. If your audience wants hard business thinking, Keith Ferrazzi, David Novak, Liz Wiseman, and Will Guidara wrote the books their leaders already quote. If the room needs a story, Bethany Hamilton, Molly Bloom, and Scott Harrison lived memoirs that became films and movements. Big-idea audiences get Arthur C. Brooks, Peter Diamandis, and Peter Zeihan, while Mel Robbins, Jay Shetty, and Jon Acuff own the personal development shelf.
Author keynotes work almost anywhere on an agenda: an opening keynote that sets a theme the whole conference can reference, a closing session that sends attendees home with a signed copy, a sales kickoff built around one book's playbook, or an executive offsite with the author in the room for Q&A. Rave Speakers handles availability, fees, book signings, and bulk book orders as part of the booking, and can suggest the right author if you only know the shelf you are aiming for.
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