A Professional
Self Publishing Team
At Your Fingertips.

Julie Broad

Founder of Book Launchers

Julie Broad is an Amazon Overall #1 Best Selling Author, an International Book Award Winner, and recipient of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Sales book.

As an entrepreneur and successful real estate investor, she was also awarded the Top 20 under 40 Award. Founder of Book Launchers, she started the company to help busy entrepreneurs and professionals build their brand and boost their business by writing, publishing, and selling a top quality book. In 2017, she also became a new Mom and moved from Vancouver Island, Canada to Los Angeles, California.

Jaqueline Kyle

Book Production Manager

Jaqueline Kyle is our master of checklists, deadlines and to-do’s. She has a ridiculous attention to detail and finds immense pleasure in watching her clients unbox their print proofs.

She has worked with over 200 authors to realize their dream of becoming published.
Jaqueline dreams of one day swimming the English Channel, sailing around the world, and finally mastering the two-finger whistle.

Sarah Bean

Book Marketing Manager

Sarah Bean is Book Launchers’ marketing professional with over 16 years of entertainment and publishing experience. She started her career in the literary

department of a worldwide agency, before becoming a speaking agent with a roster of best-selling authors, celebrities, athletes and business leaders. She has managed NY Times best-selling authors, produced live events like TEDx and covered TV/film news and red carpet interviews for leading entertainment websites. Sarah volunteers for LA-based arts education nonprofit Young Storytellers and catches as many nerdy TV shows as she can. She lives in Michigan with her husband and daughter.

Tim Testa

Story Expert

Tim’s light-hearted technology book concept was turned into the show, “Home Computing” which aired nationwide and ran for seven years. He was nominated

for an Emmy for writing, has written and produced documentaries, as well as over 130 light-hearted segments for cable shows. Tim became a headlining comedian and opened in concerts for Ray Charles, Ellen DeGeneres, Louis Anderson, Brian Regan, Larry the Cable Guy, and more. He has written and performed in thousands of custom shows for corporations.

Tim has been hired to write manuals, articles, software, commercials, jokes, comedy shorts, television shows, and films. He has also been a professional pilot and has a degree in aerospace science and computer science. At Book Launchers, he’s worked with more than 150 authors creating cool and unique book concepts and setting their books on the path of success.

Angela Jones

Operator

Angela has a passion for books, has been a member of the same book club for over a decade now, and has worked with Anna LeBaron (author of The Polygamist’s Daughter)

to promote and market soon-to-be and newly released books. She is detailed-oriented and came from an Agent Services Manager position at a fast-paced, highly producing real estate office in Frisco, Texas. Angela is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As a Texan, she has a love of tacos (Taco Tuesday is a must) and good ol’ Texas barbecue.

Melissa Sobey

Book Production Specialist

Melissa Sobey loves books and the written word and has since elementary school. She’s worked behind the scenes as a freelance ghost writer and content creator

and takes pride in helping people bring their vision to fruition. She’s a Southern Californian by way of Texas (with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Texas to prove it). She spends her free time reading, writing, chasing her mischievous cat and dog around the house, and making music with her talented guitar playing boyfriend.

Kelly Ragan

Master of Manuscripts

Kelly Ragan is passionate about good storytelling and getting the facts straight. She loves to help authors develop their ideas so they feel proud to print the books on which they’ve worked so hard.

She began as a content editor at Book Launchers in 2018. Before she joined the Book Launchers team, she worked as an award-winning journalist in Colorado, with pieces published in USA Today, The Denver Post, the Fort Collins Coloradoan, the Greeley Tribune and more.

Ashley Catone

Copywriter

Ashley is an experienced writer who loves puzzle-piecing words together to make an impact. She earned a Bachelor’s in Liberal Studies: Creative Writing Emphasis from the University of Iowa in 2017 and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Strategic Communication from Penn State.

Before Book Launchers, she was a senior consultant for an author services company, where she developed and negotiated publishing contracts for authors all over the world. She lives in Pennsylvania with her three misbehaved cats. Ashley enjoys listening to a true-crime podcast or escaping into a historical fiction novel with a good cup of coffee.

Lauren Ball

Media Coordinator

Lauren is an avid reader and fiction writer with a passion for both literature and music. Originally from England, she earned a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, and worked as a music critic and independent bookseller for a few years before turning her attention to publicity.

She has landed her clients coverage in NPR, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Bandcamp, and has written biographies for members of The Kinks and Fairport Convention. When she’s not promoting your books, she’s spinning records and is the founder of an upcoming archival record label that focuses on forgotten female-identifying musicians throughout the twentieth century.

Cassandra Voors

Book Designer

They always say never judge a book by its cover, but Cassandra makes that impossible by creating custom book designs catered to her clients. After graduating The Art Institute of California—San Francisco with her Bachelors degree, Cassandra found her love for print media through the publishing industry.

After working as the West Coast Production Manager for a national publication, she then spent time focusing on her freelancing business before joining the Book Launchers team. Aside from her love of all things graphic design, she spends her time with friends, family, and her two meow meows in her Oakland, CA home. Recently engaged, she is now navigating planning a wedding in the midst of a pandemic, and is excited for all the chapters ahead!

Kate Hefner

Pen to Paper Pro

Kate Hefner is unfortunately not a wizard at Hogwarts, but she is a wizard of the written word. She graduated from Columbia University with a major in Film & Media Studies and a concentration in Business Management, where she studied the three-act structure, marketing, and economics.

After school, she continued her education by training with the award-winning novelist Katie Cross to become a ghostwriter. With a plethora of ghostwritten works under her belt and two published books of her own, she loves nothing more than helping others get their stories out into the world in the best form possible.

Dan Good

Senior Pen to Paper Pro

Dan is devoted to helping people tell their stories. Before joining Book Launchers, he spent 15 years as a news editor and reporter at outlets such as NBC News, ABC News, the New York Daily News and the New York Post, as well as local news outlets in New Jersey and his native Pennsylvania.

At the Daily News, he guided the national breaking news team and oversaw news, features, and entertainment coverage. His biography about baseball star Ken Caminiti — for which he’s interviewed 400 people — is scheduled for publication in 2022. Dan lives near New York City with his wife and son and enjoys the beach and collecting baseball cards.

Chad Sanborn

Pen to Paper Pro

Chad Sanborn is an award-winning crime novelist, screenwriter, and story consultant who has worked with countless authors to pen their memoirs, leadership guides, self-improvement handbooks, cultural commentaries, and more.

With a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from Kansas State University, Chad enjoys helping to tell more unique and diverse stories as a story coach than he could ever tell by himself. His personal projects have won multiple crime fiction, journalism, business writing and interactive storytelling awards. Also a professional cheesemonger, Chad lives with his wife in Kansas City.

Lizzi Sandell

Fact-Checking & Copy Editor Expert

Lizzi is Book Launchers’ resident fact-checker and copy editor, working to get the details juuuust right in clients’ gorgeous manuscripts. Before joining the team, she was Associate Editor at powerHouse Books and has worked freelance for documentary production companies, media outlets, and independent authors.

She studied Film Studies at King’s College, London and has completed numerous writing courses as well as the ACES certificate in editing.

Originally from England, she is now based over 5,400 miles away in ludicrous Los Angeles, CA. Trading in cobbled streets and sarcasm for motels and palm trees, she lives in a California bungalow with her wife and their spoilt “son” (read: poodle), Coco. When she’s not in research holes (either professional or of her own making), she spends time watching so-bad-it’s-good reality tv and doing cool, intellectual things that she would love to discuss but doesn’t have the time to go into right now.

Shane Vigeant

Online Marketing Specialist

An experienced digital marketing strategist and a graduate of Coastal Carolina University with a Bachelors degree in Marketing, Shane assists our clients with their website builds, online course development, and Amazon advertising. He is passionate about helping others succeed and discovering his own opportunities to learn something new.

Elissa Graeser

Author Concierge

Elissa recognizes the importance of a story well told, whether in a book or simply shared around the kitchen table. With undergraduate and graduate degrees in English, she has over a decade of experience in professional-quality writing, editing, and proofreading across multiple disciplines. She’s taught English courses at both the high school and college level and also worked as an upper elementary and middle school tutor for almost 10 years.

Currently residing in Mississippi with her two rescue cats Sherlock and Watson, Elissa spends her free time obsessing about tea, English literature, and the Great British Bake Off.

Let’s Chat About Publishing Your Book

Book Launchers will take your book from concept to copies in readers hands.

You write the book (with our help), and we do (almost) all the rest. Your self-published book will be the same high quality product as any traditionally published book. And, every retailer in the United States and Canada from Amazon to Barnes & Noble will carry your book.

The best part? You keep all rights, creative control and 100% of the royalties.

Schedule a call to chat about your book today!

A Professional Self Publishing Team At Your Fingertips.