Top Bestsellers Speakers
Top Bestsellers Speakers
Ben Mezrich
BEN MEZRICH has created his own highly addictive genre of nonfiction, chronicling the amazing stories of young geniuses making tons of money on the edge of impossibility, ethics, and morality. He has authored over a dozen books, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which spent sixty-three weeks on...
Bethenny Frankel
To call BETHENNY FRANKEL "busy" would be an understatement. Between her careers as a New York Times best-selling author and natural foods chef, running a successful line of Skinnygirl products, launching her upcoming daily talk show and a jam-packed social calendar, Frankel is always on the go. In the Fall of 2013, “Bethenny,” the show launches on hundreds of cities across America. The...
Bob Woodward
Called the most famous investigative reporter in America by the New York Times, Bob Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post where he has worked since 1971. He has won nearly every American journalism award, including the Pulitzer for his report on the Watergate scandal. He earned a second Pulitzer as lead reporter for the team that reported on the aftermath of...
Carrie Fisher
Multitalented actress, author and screenwriter, Carrie Fisher is a true survivor whose victory over substance abuse, outspoken activism on behalf of the mentally ill, and hilarious takes on Hollywood and motherhood have made her a perennially popular figure on the lecture circuit. Carrie has been a compelling force in American culture for decades. From her feature film debut opposite...
Christopher McDougall
When Christopher McDougall first ventured down into Mexico's Copper Canyons, he was a broken-down, ex-athlete who'd been told by top sports scientists that his body was too brittle for even a basic sport like running. But after encountering the Tarahumara Indians, he learned how to access such unexpected natural ability that within nine months, he was able to join the Tarahumara for a 50-mile...
David Grann
David Grann is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and a staff writer at The New Yorker. His first book, “The Lost City of Z,” described his perilous journey into the Amazon to discover a glittering ancient civilization and the fate of a missing British explorer. The book, which the New York Times called “suspenseful,” “rollicking,” and “magical,” became an international bestseller and...
David Simon
David Simon, 49, is a Baltimore-based journalist, author and television producer. Born in Washington, he came to Baltimore in 1983 to work as a crime reporter at The Baltimore Sun. While at the paper, he reported and wrote two works of narrative non-fiction, Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets and The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, the former an account of a...
Eric Ries
Entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author, ERIC RIES, is best recognized for pioneering the Lean Startup movement, a new-business strategy which maximizes a company’s potential by allocating and improvising their resources as efficiently as possible. When Crown Business published Eric’s first book, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create...
Eve Ensler
EVE ENSLER, playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, translated into over 45 languages and performed in over 130 countries, including sold-out runs at both Off-Broadway's Westside Theater and on London's West End (2002 Olivier Award nomination, Best Entertainment.) Her experience performing THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES inspired her to create V-Day, a global movement...
Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone on November 23, 1980. When he was eleven, Ishmael’s life, along with the lives of millions of other Sierra Leoneans, was derailed by the outbreak of a brutal civil war. After his parents and two brothers were killed, Ishmael was recruited to fight as a child soldier. He was thirteen.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis is an actress with starring roles in such acclaimed films as Freaky Friday, True Lies, Trading Places and A Fish Called Wanda. In television, Ms. Curtis co-starred opposite Richard Lewis in the sitcom Anything But Love, as well as the title role in TNT’s adaptation of Wendy Wasserstein’s play, The Heidi Chronicles, and the CBS telefilm Nicholas’ Gift for which she earned...
Nathaniel Philbrick
Champion sailor, award-winning scholar and bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick is a lively and illuminating speaker on all things historical and maritime. Nathaniel first gained fame for his nonfiction classic In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, which familiarized modern readers with the harrowing true story behind Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; the gripping...
Peter Guber
Peter Guber is Chairman and CEO of the multimedia Mandalay Entertainment Group. Prior to Mandalay, Guber was Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Chairman and CEO of Polygram Entertainment, Co-Founder of Casablanca Record & Filmworks and President of Columbia Pictures. Guber produced or executive produced (personally or through his companies) films that garnered five Best Picture...
Rick Reilly
RICK REILLY, 50, has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year 11 times. He is the new back-page columnist for ESPN The Magazine, and a featured columnist for ESPN.com, as well an essayist for ESPN SportsCenter and ABC Sports...
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People of 2007,” is an angel investor (StumbleUpon, Digg, Twitter, etc.) and author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been sold into 35 languages...
Tim Weiner
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Tim Weiner has covered soldiers, spies, terrorism, war and revolution for 25 years. He has reported for The New York Times from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cuba, Haiti, and many other nations around the world. His history of the CIA, “Legacy of Ashes,” is an international bestseller, translated into 24 languages, and featured on the...
Tony Hsieh
In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an advisor and investor, and eventually became CEO, where he helped Zappos grow from almost no sales to over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually, while simultaneously making Fortune Magazine's annual "Best Companies to Work...
Jim Webb
If the United States has produced such a thing as a Renaissance Man in the modern era, it is surely former US Senator from Virginia Jim Webb. Termed a "legendary fighting man" by Senator John McCain, at the age of 23 Jim Webb had graduated first in his class of 243 in rigorous Marine Corps training, then fought on some of Vietnam's most brutal battlefields, joining a small handful of...
Michael Dobbs
Before “House of Cards” became the most talked about show not on television, exclusively released on Netflix, Michael Dobbs wrote the original novel of the same name which was adapted into a British Series later being honored as one of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute. Prior to his successful writing career, Michael served in British politics where...
Pattie Mallette
Pattie Mallette grew up in Stratford, Ontario overcoming unimaginable obstacles in the face of abuse, poverty and an unexpected teen pregnancy. She now uses her voice to inspire others as a bestselling author, producer and influential speaker. In 2012, Pattie published her memoir, "Nowhere But Up," (Revell) which became a New York Times bestseller within the first week of its...
Hoda Kotb
As chronicled in her book of the same name, HODA KOTB has “survived war zones, bad hair, cancer and Kathie Lee Gifford.” Currently serving as the co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s TODAY, Kotb began hosting the show since it debuted in September 2007, and currently hosts alongside Kathie Lee. Kotb has also been a Dateline NBC correspondent since April 1998, and she is a New York Times...
Rory Freedman
For five years, Rory was an agent at Ford Models in New York—the most prestigious modeling agency in the world. Deciding to abandon her lucrative career and six-figure income to become an animal rights activist, Rory soon became a #1 New York Times best selling author. With her friend Kim Barnouin doing the research, Rory wrote and provided the “voice” for Skinny Bitch.
Bestsellers
Bestsellers
CAA Speakers represents some of the best-selling authors in the world. These are men and women who have been able to break through the crowded publishing market and enjoy multi-million unit sales not only on a single novel or non-fiction release, but often numerous books over the course of many years.
Prolific and engaging, the bestselling authors of CAA Speakers specialize in reaching a diverse audience. Speaking before any number of different audiences, in both college and corporate settings, they share stories based on their own books - or their own experiences about their own journey as a writer.
For more information about booking a bestselling author for your next special event or corporate meeting, contact CAA Speakers today.