# #author > Profiles of accomplished professionals and thought leaders across diverse fields who have authored books or published works contributing to their respective industries. ## Links - [Tag Page](https://staging.mythos.one/tag/author) - [MCP Server](https://staging.mythos.one/api/mcp) ## Memos - [Richard Feynman](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d6e248): Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize... - [Cynthia Johnson](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ak8fug): Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketer, influencer, author, and speaker. [1][2] Johnson co-founded the public relations firm Bell + Ivy with partner Zach Binder after their previous agency,... - [Monaica Ledell](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/eb7413): Monaica Ledell (pronounced "Monica Li-dell") is an entrepreneur, omnichannel marketer, growth-hacker, and author. Ledell has created over $50 million in revenue and unmeasurable impact with her... - [Mathias Omotola](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9c5fd4): Mathias Omotola is an entrepreneur, author, and the co-founder of World Kam. I was introduced to Mathias by Tzen Lai in November 2025. Contexts - [Brian Swichkow](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/creator): Brian Swichkow is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and author recognized for his diverse expertise across Growth Engineering and Go-To-Market (GTM) automation, including community-led and... - [Peter Thiel](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/4127c5): Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur, venture-capitalist, and author known for his influential role in Silicon Valley. He co-founded PayPal in 2000 alongside Elon Musk, with the company later acquired by... - [Vanessa Keith](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8e803c): Vanessa Keith is an architect, author, speaker, sustainability advocate, and Principal of Studioteka Design. - [Lisa Broderick](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5b0acb): Lisa Broderick is an executive and author who holds leadership roles as a Partner at 100 Coaches Agency and CEO of Marshall Goldsmith Advisors. She is also the co-author, with Marshall Goldsmith, of... - [Elisa 'Wowza' Lodge](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e4f8d7): Elisa 'Wowza' Lodge is an actor, transformational coach, and energy healer. Wowza is the author of Primal Energetics, Wowzacise: Growing Young on the Ball, and her soon published book, The Sacred... - [Cianna Stewart](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b2e0ca): Cianna Stewart is an author, podcaster, documentarian, speaker, startup founder, and event-producer.[1] Stewart has served as producer, director, editor, researcher, a writer in various film and... - [George Carlin](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b6fe34): George Carlin was a stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author known for dark comedy and examinations of politics, language, psychology, religion, and taboo subjects. He was a frequent... - [Saphira Howell](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f606a1): Saphira Howell is a marketing executive, author, and creator known for her work at the intersection of technology, learning, and human potential. She serves as Head of Marketing at Mento, a platform... - [Lauren Brown](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/843c5e): Lauren Brown is an author and editor based in Los Angeles, CA. She studied English at Princeton University and later pursued film production and screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.... - [Justin Michael](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f294ac): Justin Michael is a business strategist and author known for his work in sales innovation, revenue operations, and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy. He has contributed to the development of modern sales... - [Jennifer Gunsaullus](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/233bd2): Jennifer Gunsaullus, PhD, or "Dr. Jenn", is a sociologist, sexologist, author, and mindful intimacy coach. She is a frequent speaker about sexual consent, healthy relationships, erotic play, sexual... - [Hunter S. Thompson](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c361f4): Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist, author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for... - [Ravé Mehta](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/009b5a): Ravé Mehta is an American engineer, author, musician, artist, and philanthropist. He is of Indian descent. Mehta is the founder of Helios Entertainment and Helios Interactive, a 3D game development... - [Terence Mckenna](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/4bf5ee): Terence Mckenna was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. He spoke and wrote about a... - [Judy Estrin](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cff144): Judy Estrin is an internet pioneer, Silicon Valley leader, technology entrepreneur, author of Closing the Innovation Gap, and CEO of JLabs. Since 1981, Estrin has co-founded over ten technology... - [Nathan J. Winograd](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f872b0): Nathan Winograd is an author, film-maker, animal advocate, and director of the No Kill Advocacy Center in Oakland, California. Best Explained Contexts - [Gabriel René](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b81aef): Gabriel René is a technologist, researcher, author, and entrepreneur with a 25-year career in the Technology, Telecom and Media Industries specializing in emerging technologies and their applications... - [Marshall Rosenberg](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/83ad6e): Marshall Rosenberg was an American psychologist, mediator, author, and educator. Starting in the early 1960s he developed Nonviolent Communication, a process for supporting partnership and resolving... - [Isaac Asimov](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/3f780b): Isaac Asimov was a prolific author and biochemist best known for his extensive contributions to science fiction and popular science. Born in 1920 in Russia and raised in the United States, he became... - [Brooke Sprowl](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/fc54bd): Brooke Sprowl is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), therapist, author, podcaster, and the founder of My LA Therapy, a psychotherapy practice based in Los Angeles, CA. She specializes in areas... - [Mark Goulston](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f9e068): Dr. Mark Goulston is a Board Certified Psychiatrist, Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and has been named one of America's Top Psychiatrists three times by The Consumers Research... - [Robbe Richman](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9b3d74): Robbe Richman is a culture architect, keynote speaker, leadership consultant, and author of theCulture Blueprint. He's is the creator of Xpill; a functional placebo in which "the only active... - [James J. Sexton, Esq.](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5852eb): James J. Sexton, Esq. is a prominent divorce attorney, bestselling author, and recognized content-creator based in New York City, NY. Known as @nycdivorcelawyer on Instagram, James J. Sexton, Esq.... - [Ray Dalio](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7c8593): Ray Dalio is a billionaireinvestor, philanthropist, and author. Dalio founded the investment firm Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds. As of January 2018, he is one of the... - [Charles Eisenstein](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/515314): Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker, gift economy advocate, and the author of several books including The Ascent of Humanity (2007), Sacred Economics (2011), and The More Beautiful World Our... - [Scott Stratten](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/4ef6ec): Scott Stratten is a relationship marketer, keynote speaker, bestselling author, and the President of UnMarketing. [1] Stratten ran a large, viral video agency for nearly a decade before focusing... - [Lynn Margulis](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/0c512b): Lynn Margulis was an evolutionary theorist, biologist, science author, educator, and science popularizer, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution.... - [Ryan Holiday](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/eb92a7): Ryan Holiday is a marketer, author, stoic, and entrepreneur who started his career by manufacturing controversy for Tucker Max. [1][2] Later, at 19, Holiday dropped out of college to apprentice under... - [Nancy Shenker](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/22935b): Nancy Shenker is a technology author, speaker, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)influencer who publishes on Huffington Post, Inc.com, and more. [1] Nancy and I connected as a result of Networked... - [Karen Allen](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7acbb3): Karen Allen is an American entrepreneur and author specializing in digital music, Live Streaming, and entertainment technology. She is known for her work as a strategy advisor and business consultant... - [Alan Watts](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/69fffd): Alan Watts was a Britishphilosopher, author, speaker, and self-proclaimed Spiritual Entertainer. Watts was an expert in comparative religion who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a... - [Marshall McLuhan](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/a3fd22): Marshall McLuhan was a philosopher, educator, and author. His work is, to this day, one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He taught as a professor of English at several universities... - [Balaji Srinivasan](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/69817a): Balaji Srinivasan is an American entrepreneur, investor, and author known for his work in the fields of technology, cryptocurrency, and decentralized governance. He was formerly the Chief Technology... - [Rob Brezsny](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/260e09): Rob Brezsny is an author. Contexts - [Eric Ries](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e04dc6): Eric Ries is an entrepreneur, writer, and author of The Lean Startup; the book that started the lean startup movement. He is also the author of The Startup Way, a book on modern entrepreneurial... - [Tim Ferriss](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/878e93): Tim Ferriss is an entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. He has been called “a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk” by The New York Times. He is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business... - [Scott Galloway](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/cd03f5): Scott Galloway is a speaker, author, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Galloway is an adjunct professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business and the founder of L2. In 2012,... - [Chelsie Hall](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ac6ca6): Chelsie Hall is an author and the founder of Viral Moment. Previously, she helped develop the DoD's disinformation technology assessment methodology. Social Analytics and Narratives Expert,... - [Elisabet Sahtouris](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/636237): Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. is an evolution biologist, futurist, author, speaker, and consultant on Living Systems Design. Showing the relevance of evolving biological systems to organizational design,... - [Gary Veynerchuk](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5ce81d): Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy and Empathy Wines. First known... - [Dale Carnegie](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/4d7281): Dale Carnegie was an author, speaker and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. A notion at the core of his teaching is that it's... - [Joseph Bragdon](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b4358b): Joseph Bragdon is an investment manager, author, and General Partner of Conservest Management Co., an investment advisor to high net worth families. Bragdon is the author of Profit for Life (2006)... - [Leo Tolstoy](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/057ac6): Leo Tolstoy was a russianwriter who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828,[3] he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and... - [Merlin Sheldrake](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d4c913): Merlin Sheldrake is the author of Entangled Life. Related Merlin Sheldrake eats mushrooms sprouting from his book, Entangled Life Syncs Merlin Sheldrake, merlinsheldrake.com Contexts - [Jonathan F. P. Rose](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8b13e0): Jonathan F. P. Rose is an American urban planner, author, and real estate developer of affordable, environmentally-responsible communities. He is also the founder of Gramavision Records, a jazz and... - [Ram Dass](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/58f458): Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author. His best known book, Be Here Now (1971), has been described as "seminal", and... - [Paul Stamets](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5f1f49): Paul Stamets is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells mushroom products through his company. He is an author and advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation. Watch Contexts [1] Paul... - [Yuval Noah Harari](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/4a4919): Yuval Noah Harari is an author. Contexts [1] Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Audrey Tang - [Dorion Sagan](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d9b14d): Dorion Sagan is a celebrated writer, ecological philosopher, and author or co-author of twenty-five books, translated into fifteen languages. As an ecological theorist, he has been at the forefront... - [Robert Anton Wilson](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5b4414): Robert Anton Wilson is an author. Seth recommended I read Prometheus Rising. Syncs http://rawilson.com/ Contexts Introduced by seth_blaustein in One Presentation on May 7, 2020. - [John Halcyon Styn](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8bd288): John Halcyon Styn is an authenticity coach, lifestyle artist, YouTube Broadcaster, and self-proclaimed "Burning Man Zealot." John hosts the weekly Webby-Award winning video podcast, "Hug Nation,"... - [Dave Delaney](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/42263b): Dave Delaney is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author on topics of communication, networking, and digital marketing. He is founder of the marketing communications agency, Futureforth. Syncs... - [Neale Donald Walsch](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f95467): Neale Donald Walsch is a writer and the author of Conversations with God. Tags - [Josh Waitzkin](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d6cb9a): Josh Waitzkin is an American chess player, martial arts competitor, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film... - [James Carse](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/80ef77): James Carse is an educator, author, and speaker. Carse went to school at the age of five and never left. He was Director of Religious Studies at New York University for thirty years, a member of the... - [Nick Hanauer](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8d8002): Nick Hanauer is an entrepreneur, venturecapitalist, philanthropist, and author. [1] Hanauer has managed, founded, or financed 37 companies across a broad range of industries, creating an aggregate... - [JP Sears](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/47b584): JP Sears is a youtuber, comedian, emotional healing coach, author, speaker, world traveler, and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. JP is also the author... - [Eric Weiner](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e09b65): Eric Weiner is a writer, speaker, lecturer, and author of The New York Times bestseller The Geography of Bliss, as well as two other books. The Geography of Bliss has been translated into 20... - [Deborah Edler Brown](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/bef95d): Deborah Edler Brown is an author, educator, journalist, and poet. She is the founder of Writing From The Well Workshops and an 'Adult Education Instructor' at the Los Angeles Unified School District.... - [Brad Feld](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/df4806): Brad Feld is an entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venturecapitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado, a firm he started with partners Seth Levine, Ryan McIntyre, and Jason Mendelson. Feld began... - [Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/67bb5e): Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is an Indian yogi, mystic, philanthropist and author. He founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organisation which offers yoga programs around the world. He also founded... - [Joshua B. Lee](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9fba55): Joshua B. Lee is the author of 'Balance is Bullsh*t' and co-founder of StandOut Authority. Lee is a strategic growth coach and has managed $100M+ in advertising spend over the past decade. He helps... - [Matthew Lesko](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/124bb3): Matthew Lesko is an author and self-proclaimed federal grant researcher and infomercial personality who made it big in his "question mark" suit. He has written more than twenty books telling people... - [Jim Collins](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/46f374): Jim Collins is an author, comingsoon References Jim Collins, Tags jimcollins - [Cal Newport](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e55138): Cal Newport is a computerscientist and author of “Digital Minimalism”. Tags calnewport - [Octavia Butler](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c0ace4): Octavia Butler was an African-American science fiction author. A multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, she became in 1995 the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur... - [Seth Godin](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/a06444): Seth Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive.[1][2][3] Godin is the author of 18 books. Free Prize Inside was a Forbes Business Book of the Year in... - [Stephen Covey](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/dfa4b7): Stephen Covey is an author References Stephen Covey, Wikipedia Tags - [Jason Fried](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9c7b01): Jason Fried is a serial entrepreneur, author Getting Real, Remote, REWORK He often drops deep nuggets of wisdom. References Tags jasonfried - [David Brooks](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/1708f9): David Brooks is an author, educator, and writer. He is the author of “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There” and “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the... - [Jimmy Soni](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/20b0c9): Jimmy Soni is a writer, author, and editor. I was introduced to Jimmy by Brandon Kleinman. References Jimmy Soni, on LinkedIn Tags jimmy_soni - [Tobin Slaven](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5f0993): Tobin Slaven is a digital marketer, communitybuilder, super connector, author, entrepreneur, and the Founder of MustTryIt! Media; an outbound sales and marketingagency for entrepreneurs which... - [Tony Robbins](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/3e172d): Tony Robbins is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and life coach. Robbins is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including Unlimited Power and Awaken The Giant... - [Robert Greene](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ddb22e): Robert Greene is an author... coming_soon References Tags - [Paul Graham](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/dc5440): Paul Graham is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, venturecapitalist, author, and essayist. He is best known for his work on Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed "Yahoo! Store"),... - [Christian Rudder](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5c5c9e): Christian Rudder was one of the co-founders of OkCupid and the author of Dataclysm, more coming_soon. References Tags - [Basil Peters](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/1e7edc): Basil Peters—the objective facts and my subjective experience—are comingsoon. *This Living Document is inprogress. Want to see it now? Tell me why. References Basil Peters, basilpeters.com Tags... - [Krista Tippett](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/a9897e): Krista Tippett is a journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast On Being. In 2014, Tippett was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S.... - [Tucker Max](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/5dc9ff): Tucker Max is an author and speaker that rose to infamy for chronicling his drunken exploits and sexual encounters as short stories. [1] His website, launched in 2000 as the result of a bet, has... - [Niklas Luhmann](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/655258): Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in Systems Theory; considered a prominent social theorist of the 20th century. [1] Luhmann wrote... - [Leif Babin](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9480ba): Leif Babin is a former navy_seal and the co-author of Extreme Ownership (book). References Tags - [Neil Strauss](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/b3867c): Neil Strauss is an eight-time New York Times best-selling author. His books, The Game and Rules of the Game, for which he went undercover in a secret society of pickup artists, made him an...