![]() ![]() Meghan lives in Seattle with her husband Scott and shih poo mix Madisynn. Before launching her own business, Meghan was responsible for multiple New York Times bestsellers including Hot X: Algebra Exposed by Danica McKellar, The Meaning of Matthew by Judy Shepard, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, and The Bro Code. Now What?) and Denise Duffield-Thomas (Chillpreneur). Her success stories include Rae McDaniel ( Gender Magic), Jamie Sears ( How to Love Teaching Again), Kyle Schwartz ( I Wish My Teacher Knew and I Wish For Change), Jamila Souffrant ( Journey to Launch), Neeta Bhushan ( That Sucked. Meghan’s clients have earned more than $4,000,000 from major publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette Books, and Hay House, among others. Today, the projects that she and her team work on improve the lives of readers. As a child she would check out the maximum number of books allowed by her local library - 13! - and found community, inspiration, and comfort in the books she read. Meghan is passionate about helping people through the written word. After working as an editor at the largest trade publishers in the United States (Simon & Schuster and Penguin), Meghan launched her own business directly helping entrepreneurs and experts to get book deals. (Nov.) Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly.Meghan Stevenson is an entrepreneur, educator, ghostwriter, book editor, and an expert in traditional publishing. A gent: Steve Troha, Folio Literary Management. This is an inspiring and insightful account. ![]() The strength that Copeland found in Wilkinson is moving, and she renders it gracefully throughout. I was setting other Black women free to dance, to dream big, to ‘fly.'?"). Extraordinary Dogs: Stories from Search and Rescue Dogs, Comfort Dogs, and Other Canine Heroes Liz Stavrinides and John Schlimm. Met with resistance to her outspokenness about anti-Blackness in dance throughout her career, Copeland celebrates her mentor's wisdom as she shoulders the burdens and thrills of her historic career, and aims to inspire other dancers of color who face similar barriers as they pursue their passions ("Listening to, I was reminded that. Copeland draws strength from Wilkinson's perseverance through harrowing experiences of racism, including having Klansmen storm the stage at a performance in Montgomery and leaving the Ballet Russe and American ballet companies at large when her colleagues revealed their discriminatory beliefs toward her. For her part, Copeland blazed a path to unprecedented prominence, joining the American Ballet Theater's studio company after only four years of training and later becoming the ABT's first Black female principal dancer. A beautiful and wise memoir of intergenerational friendship and the impressive journeys of two remarkable women, The Wind at My Back captures the importance of mentorship, of shared history, and of respecting the past to ensure a stronger future"- Provided by publisher.īestseller and renowned ballerina Copeland (Bunheads) recounts her friendship with and mentoring by the late Raven Wilkinson (1935–2018), who in 1955 became "the first Black woman to receive a contract with a major ballet company" upon signing with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She celebrates the connection she made with Raven, the only teacher who could truly understand the obstacles she faced, beyond the technical or artistic demands. ![]() Misty Copeland shares her own struggles with racism and exclusion in her pursuit of this dream career and honors the women like Raven who paved the way for her but whose contributions have gone unheralded. The Wind at My Back tells the story of two unapologetically Black ballerinas, their friendship, and how they changed each other-and the dance world-forever. A trailblazer in the world of ballet decades before Misty's time, Raven faced overt and casual racism, hostile crowds, and death threats for having the audacity to dance ballet. Behind her, supporting her rise was her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world when she fought to be taken seriously as a Black ballerina in the 1950s and 60s. Over the past 15 years, Michael’s client list has featured a variety of high-profile authors such as Yankee great Yogi Berra, Black Francis of the Pixies, Peter Criss of KISS, NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, Sopranos star Steve Schirripa, and former NAACP president Ben Jealous. But as she will tell you, achievement never happens in a void. Director of Contracts & Senior Vice President. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. "Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. ![]()
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