JAMES BRALY is the first two-time winner of The Moth GrandSlam, a contributor to This American Life, the writer and performer of the New York Times' Critics Pick Off Broadway monologue Life in a Marital Institution: 20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Hour, and the author of Life in a Marital Institution: 20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Memoir, published by St. Martin's Press. James has performed at The Whitney Museum, Symphony Space, and on a 14-city national tour presented by Meredith Vieira Productions. His autobiographical stories have been broadcast nationally on NPR, Marketplace, and Selected Shorts, and his personal essays have been published in The New York Times and Redbook. Currently, James teaches storytelling at Fordham University, and is developing the television series based on Life in a Marital Institution with Meredith Vieira Productions.

Life in a Marital Institution LIVE from Bass Performance Hall, a live recording, was just released Meredith Vieira Productions -- Available at Amzn.com/B00J5TI70M.

www.jamesbraly.com

Johanna Stein is an Emmy-nominated writer/director/comedian/forward/slash/overuser whose work has been seen in The NY Times, Parents Magazine, CBS, NBC, Comedy Central, Disney, PBS, Nickelodeon, Hulu, CBC and all over the Worldwide Internets. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, their daughter, and a dog who once ate a couch.

Marcia Wilkie has co-authored four New York Times bestselling books, which have also appeared on other major bestseller lists, including Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She has written celebrity memoirs for stars in music, film, and television, and for stage actors from Broadway and London. Her current project is scheduled for publication by Simon & Schuster in 2021.

She is a versatile writer and producer with numerous credits in television, radio, advertising, print and web media, speech writing, publicity, charitable and philanthropic fundraising, and theater.

Her writing has been featured in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, People, Good Housekeeping, Prevention Magazine, QVC Insider, and on Oprah.com.

She prepares book proposals and full-length manuscripts in a variety of genres, as well as providing manuscript doctoring and creative editing services.

As a ghostwriter, she also brings her knowledge and experience in television talk show production, offering a seamless transition from book completion to preparing authors for promotion, book tours, and interviews. Services include media coaching, Q&A practice, speechwriting, blog posts, social media, and accompanying authors on book tour.

She has crafted her trademark humor and gift for storytelling into critically acclaimed theatrical solo shows that have toured the United States, including the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York, Remains Theater in Chicago, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and the Coast Playhouse in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the Second City Chicago, and has years of experience on Chicago’s Improv Olympic stage and in comedy clubs across the country.

Staged readings of her play, Living Room, starred Jane Lynch (who directed as well), Marcia Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show, The Simpsons), Joel Murray (Mad Men), Tessa Thompson (Avengers: Endgame), and Ben Feldman (Superstore).

Visit: www.MarciaWilkie.com