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Simon Hedley
Simon is an experienced author, entrepreneur and publisher and has worked strategically with many of the top thought leaders and authors across the personal development, entrepreneurial and business spaces especially in the UK & USA. He’s the founder of The Simple Idea which has helped thousands of authors over the last few decades.
He’s been writing and co-authoring books for over two decades, and often behind the scenes, helping authors achieve great success.
His latest book and award winning Podcast is PauseStopReset.com.
He’s also the founder of Growth Mechanics and a co-founder of Raving Fans For Life.
Upcoming titles include The Priorities Book™ and The Key Questions™.
A Selection of Current VIP Founding Members
We’ve been working with authors for decades and have many hundred of authors who we have helped in their journeys. Here you can see a selection of the current members. We look forward to sharing more details of the current members and founders in the future.
Here you can see a selection of some of the founding members. We look forward to sharing more details of the current members in the future.
Joe Gregory
Joe is an author, publisher and entrepreneur with a background in marketing. In 2011 he founded Rethink Press and has worked directly with over 500 expert entrepreneurs to write and publish books that build business. His latest book, Make Your Book Pay, unpacks his methodology for turning authors into well-paid authorities.
Rachel Kan
Fashion sustainability specialist & troubleshooter at Circular Earth. Founder of The Ecosystem Incubator. Author in Global Storytellers (2022). Author of Try It On (2023).
Rachel is a sought after speaker and lecturer.
Winner Draper’s Sustainable Fashion Award – One to watch 2022.
Holland Haiis
Human Connection Catalyst, Workplace Strategist, International Speaker. As an internally recognised thought leader Holland is often called upon by the media for her expertise pertaining to digital detox and human performance. She’s the author of Consciously Connecting.
Angela Legh
One of our new members with a passionate message to make a difference and specifically help prevent child suicide through her fiction books – the Bella Santini Chronicles. She also offers mentoring for parents and more.
Ken McArthur
Best-Selling Author of “IMPACT: How to Get Noticed Motivate Millions and Make a Difference in a Noisy World”. Great experience in marketing, joint ventures and impact. He’s also the Film Producer and Creator of the movie “Impact”.
John Burness
An incredible entrepreneur with a great story. Author of “Against the Odds: How to Survive then Thrive in Business”. John is definitely want to watch.
Campbell Macpherson
- “Campbell has that rare ability to make complex subjects both easy to understand and entertaining.”
- “Campbell makes you laugh and think at the same time.”
- “His mixture of front line experience, great stories and good humour kept us glued to his anecdotes.”
- “I had never thought about change in that way!”
Penny Hopkinson
Penny is an expert in creating Operations Manuals to help businesses become more successful and profitable. She founded Manual Writers International in 1986 to help franchisors develop their Operations Manuals, pioneering a simple three-step strategy based on quality management principles.
In 2011, she was appointed a Companion of the British Franchise Association in recognition of an outstanding personal contribution to the development of Franchising in the UK.
Her latest book Manual Magic: Create the Operations Manual Your Franchisees Need to Succeed, will be published early in 2023.
Upcoming titles include Tales from the Auction Room and Other Hammer Stories, and Memoirs from Afar.
Steve Sims
Do you know anyone that’s worked with Sir Elton John or Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed or closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andrea Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta – you do now.
Quoted as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz” by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best selling Author with “BLUEFISHING – the art of making things happen”, sought-after coach and a speaker at a variety of networks, groups and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard – twice!
Wes Schaeffer
The Sales Whisperer®. Host of The Sales Podcast & The CRM Sushi Podcast. Author of “The Sales Whisperer® Way” & “The Definitive Guide To Infusionsoft”.
Scott Vogel
Scott has a strong history in entrepreneurship, video and an interest in yoga and much more.
Paul Hunting
These days I have two major passions competing for attention: riding, and writing/speaking about Shakespeare’s mystical secrets. For over 40 years I have been an author, speaker, facilitator, and soul-focused life-purpose coach. Since the 1990’s I have been honing and fine-tuning my intuition and soul-talk through Shabdha Yoga, divining biblical symbolism, and bringing horses into boardrooms. Little did I realise that by employing horse-whispering to transform the lives of senior executives, I was also being groomed to fulfil an even greater destiny through the works of William Shakespeare.
Books include Why Talk to a Guru? Why Talk to a Guru? When You Can Whisper to a Horse: The art of Natural Leadership, and Shakespeare’s Holy Grail: The Ancient Secret Revealed – Volume One: The Poisoned Chalice
Colin Wade
In my thirty-year full-time career, I started out as trainee payroll officer, eventually becoming a payroll manager for a company providing payroll and pensions services to the NHS. I moved into business consultancy and project management within the IT and charitable sectors, before achieving my final career step of being a Programme Manager for the police service.
In 2016, I decided to leave my full-time career to give me time to start writing, alongside a part time job at a local school. I published my first novel, The Lost Years¸ in 2019. I have since published a novel each year: Plutus in 2020, Deadly Connections in 2021 and The Sins of the Father in 2022. My fifth book, The Devil’s Code is due out in 2023.
Kathryn Lund
Kathryn Lund identifies as a queer, environmentalist, feminist northerner, born in Lancashire and living in Yorkshire. The death of her mother from bile duct cancer and her own neurological disorder with its associated seizures and mental health problems are strong influences in her writing.
They, along with the need to create a major project for her Master’s degree, formed the starting point for her novel The Things We Left Sleeping.
Thanks to this project, she graduated with a Distinction and the Blackwell Prize in Creative Writing. Kathryn has also published a book of short stories titled The Things We Keep In The Cupboard.
In Memoriam
We’re proud to have known, helped and worked with and been inspired by these members who are no longer with us, and yet whose words, wisdom and more live on.
Two recent passings who made big differences to our members include:
Katherine Allen
An award winning Tai Chi Instructor Katherine was a friend and teacher to Simon one of the founders of AMG for over 2 decades. Simon encouraged her to write and she was commissioned to author – The Qigong Bible.
Rintu Basu
Accelerated Success Coach, NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner, Hypnotic Persuasion Specialist ,Mentor to Authors.