About Brett
Brett Harris is the bestselling co-author of Do Hard Things and co-founder of The Young Writer’s Workshop and The Author Conservatory, which have trained thousands of writers since 2017. For the past 17 years he has served as a personal mentor and coach for many of the world’s top young writers and authors. His mission is to raise up the next C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Brett considers strong business skills to be the missing ingredient for many writers. He’s passionate about how entrepreneurship can make anyone more resilient, resourceful, and successful in life. Starting his own business has given him the freedom, flexibility, and financial provision necessary to serve as a full-time caregiver for his wife, while also providing life-giving jobs for the incredible people on his team.
Brett and his wife, Ana, are passionate about building profitable businesses that further God’s Kingdom, and then giving generously to important causes. They’ve been overjoyed to fund everything from medical expenses for needy families to Bible translation for people groups who have never read the Bible in their heart language.
About Sam
S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a million+ selling adventure saga featuring heroic #RabbitsWithSwords. The Green Ember spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. He is also the author of the madcap Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read as well as the touching throwback adventure, The Found Boys. Finally, he has co-authored two fantasy adventure novels with his son (J. C. Smith), Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key and Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.”
Though packed with old school virtue and moral imagination, Smith doesn’t merely create “safe” stories, but bold, daring, truthful tales of light that help shape children who become dangerous—dangerous to the darkness.
S. D. Smith lives in Grandview, West Virginia with his wife and four kids.