Our Authors

G. FRANCIS XAVIER was a gold medalist with two master’s degrees. He worked as a lecturer, associate professor, vice-principal and principal in various educational institutions in India. He was the financial advisor to the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), Bangkok, Thailand. He conducted several training programs on Management Accounting and Financial Analysis in India, USA, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Tanzania. He authored more than 15 books on a variety of subjects before he passed away in 2021.

Gad Shimron joined the Mossad during his student days in Jerusalem. Later he worked as a journalist for Kol Israel, the state-run radio, anchored Good Morning Israel on TV Channel 1 and is currently senior editor and defense commentator for the Tel Aviv-based Maariv daily. This is his seventh book.

DR GARETH MOORE is the author of over 100 brain-training and puzzle books. He is also the creator of the daily brain-training site, www.brainedup.com.

GARY CHAPMAN–author, speaker, and counselor–has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationship. He is the bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages® series and the director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. For more information, visit 5lovelanguages.com.

Gaur Gopal Das studied electrical engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune. After a brief stint with Hewlett Packard, he decided to live life as a monk in an ashram in downtown Mumbai. He has remained there for twenty-two years, learning the antiquity of ancient philosophy and the modernity of contemporary psychology, to become a life coach to thousands in the city. Gaur Gopal Das has been traveling the world since 2005, sharing his wisdom with corporate executives, universities and charities. In 2016, his global popularity exploded as he took his message online. With millions of views on his videos on social media, he has now begun to lead a movement to help others achieve happiness and purpose in their lives. Now one of the most famous monks in the world, Gaur Gopal Das holds the title of 'The Ideal Young Spiritual Guru', conferred upon him by the Indian Student Parliament, MIT Pune.

Mother of two girls, amateur athlete, part-time writer, management school drop-out, traveller, entrepreneur, in full-time employment with the world’s largest escorted touring company and woman behind The Active Holiday Company, Gauri Jayaram is a little bit of many things and still not satisfied! She frequently combines her love for long distance running with rock music.

GAUTAM SEN received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas and after a Post-doctoral fellowship with Professor Gary Ernst (then at UCLA) joined the faculty of Florida International University. He served as a Program Officer with the Ocean Sciences Division of National Science Foundation and is currently Chair of Earth Sciences at Florida International University.

GEMMA HALLIDAY, author of the High Heels Mysteries, has received numerous awards, including a Golden Heart, a National Reader’s Choice award and three RITA nominations, as well as hitting both the New York Times and the USA Today bestseller list. She currently lives in San Francisco Bay Area where she is hard at work on several new projects including more books in the Maddie Springer Stories.

GENEVIEVE LEWIS PAULSON is the director and president of Dimensions of Involvement, Inc., a non-profit growth center in Arkansas, a center of psychic, personal and spiritual learning, accrediting students in the study of Kundalini energy development. She founded Sunergos, Inc., a spiritual growth center in Chicago. Where her new experiences might have led her to abandon Western religious beliefs, she instead found a method to meld two varieties of truth, creating a synthesis of two great traditions of belief.

GEORG FEUERSTEIN, PhD. (1947-2012), was one of the foremost writers and teachers on the topics of Yoga and Indian philosophy. He founded the educational foundation Traditional Yoga Studies to promote the tradition of Yoga based in solid scholarship, and scriptural and oral transmission.

GEORGE BEAHM is a New York Times bestselling author. With more literary companions to his credit than any other author, he has published more than thirty books on pop culture icons such as Michael Jordan, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman and even motion pictures like The Pirates of the Caribbean.

GEORGE GILDER, one of the leading economic and technological thinkers of the past 40 years, is the author of 19 books, including Wealth and Poverty, Life after Television, Knowledge and Power, and The Scandal of Money. A founding fellow of the Discovery Institute where he began his study of information theory, he is an influential venture investor.

George Ilian has made his mark on the digital industry, owning an e-book business among other endeavours. He is the author of 18 books in the genre of business and motivation.

GEORGE MICHELL trained as an architect in Melbourne, and then obtained a PhD in Indian Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has carried out research at numerous historical sites and monuments in India, including Badami, and then Hampi Vijayanagara, which, together with John M Fritz, he has extensively documented over more than 20 years. Both he and Fritz have authored Hampi Vijayanagara in the Pictor/ Deccan Heritage Foundation guidebook series. Michell’s most recent publications include Mughal Architecture & Gardens and The Great Temple at Thanjavur.

GEORGE S. CLASON was a writer and businessperson who had served in the United States Army. He was the founder of two companies, Clason Map Company and Clason Publishing. “Full of time-tested advice on saving and investing.” THE WASHINGTON POST “Delightful set of parables that explain the basics of money.” LOS ANGELES TIMES

GERALD SINDELL is the founder of Thought Leaders International, a firm that guides leaders and organizations of all kinds to realize their inherent brilliance. Sindell works with such corporate clients as Yahoo! and Accenture as well as with leading authors. He lives in Tiburon, California.

GERARD KELLY is a retired Draughtsman with a passion for writing. In addition to his Sherlock Holmes stories he has written three novels, Tempus, Stasis and Rites of Passage. He has also written a factual book called The Great Debate (Evolution or Creationism?). Mr Kelly is married with a daughter and three grandsons and lives with his wife Marlene in Cheshire.

GETHIN REES completed his PhD in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge with a dissertation on the rock-cut monasteries of the Western Ghats, submitted in 2009. He has published articles on the relationship between Buddhist monasteries and the economy of ancient India. He is currently GIS Research Curator at the British Library, London.

GIL FRONSDAL is co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. He received his PhD. in religious studies from Stanford University. He has published a highly praised translation of the Dhammapada, as well as two other books: The Issue at Hand and A Monastery Within.

GILES LURY is the executive chairman of The Value Engineers, a leading marketing and advertising agency. His specialist subjects are brand positioning, brand architecture, and innovation. He is a regular contributor to the marketing press, and he blogs for The Marketing Society.

GLEN ARNOLD, as a wealthy investor in his fifties, now spends most of his time running his equity portfolio and a property development company from an office from rural Leicestershire. His main research focus draws on the ideas of the great investors, academic discoveries and corporate strategic analysis.

GOPINATH CHANDRA DAS did his B.Tech and M.Tech from IITB. In 2004, he joined ISKCON as a full-time monk. A life coach and motivational speaker, he helps people improve the quality of their lives with teachings from the Bhagavad Gita. With his background in science and technology, he presents the Gita in a scientific light. To contact him, you may visit www.thesacredconnect.com.

Greg S. Reid is a filmmaker, motivational speaker, and bestselling author. He is also an entrepreneur and the CEO of several successful corporations, and has dedicated his life to helping others achieve the ultimate fulfillment of finding and living a life of purpose.

GREGORY L. JANTZ is a bestselling author of more than 37 books. He is a go-to media source for a range of behavioral-based afflictions, including drug and alcohol addictions. He has appeared on CNN, FOX, ABC and CBS and has been interviewed for the New York Post, Associated Press, Family Circle and Woman’s Day. He is also a regular contributor to the Thrive Global and Psychology Today blogs.

GUL HINDUJA, the Managing Trustee of the IndusInd Foundation, is a global businessman hailing from a distinguished business family. His life philosophy is simple yet profound: learn, earn, and share. This ethos is evident in his involvement with various institutions, schools, colleges, and hospitals, and his dedicated service to deserving individuals. His life is a symphony of bonds, knowledge, music, and laughter, and this book is his gift to the world.

GUY DE MAUPASSANT was a master of the short story. This collection reflects his remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. With a simplicity of style that masks complex philosophy, Maupassant can illuminate an entire code of values by means of a few telling details. He exposes the brutality of war and the hypocrisy it spawns, and depicts the petty limitations, the dissimulations and the vanities inherent at different levels of society. His stories are linked by a trenchant irony and by a preoccupation with the frailty of human nature and the futility of so many lives.