Spotlighting our Female Authors
Our services supported these women on their publishing journey, whether it was book coaching, design, editing, or publishing support.
Katie Gray
Katie Gray is a writer, singer and counsellor dedicated to supporting those navigating emotional pain. Drawing from her own experience of recovering from a 17-year struggle with food addiction and bulimia, she uses her voice and experience insight to guide others through their own healing journeys.
Journey of the Empowered Heart invites readers on a thoughtful and supportive inward journey, helping them uncover the root causes of their struggles. Recognising that specific life experiences shape our pain, the book goes beyond offering solutions—it fosters a deeper understanding of why healing is necessary, encouraging lasting self-awareness and growth.
Serving as an abridged version to Journey of the Empowered Heart, this guidebook offers a gentle and accessible pathway through life’s emotional challenges. It helps readers explore the impact of unresolved trauma, understand patterns of avoidance, and develop constructive ways to bring awareness, healing, and resolution to difficult inner experiences.
Kat Greenbrook
Kat Greenbrook is a data storyteller from Aotearoa, New Zealand, as well as a consultant, industry speaker, and founder of Rogue Penguin Ltd. Combining expertise in science, business, and design,she empowers data professionals to communicate data effectively through storytelling.
The Data Storyteller’s Handbook is a practical, illustrated guide designed to help you become a skilled Data Storyteller. Built around a proven workshop framework and designed for busy professionals, it’s the perfect resource to quickly enhance your data communication skills.
Elizabeth Carter
Before compiling her father’s prisoner of war journal, Elizabeth Carter specialised as a human resources specialist in the West Midlands. She is the daughter of Tom and Joan, a WWII veteran and his wife who endured the after effects of Tom’s capture. Tom’s dying wish was for his daughter Elizabeth to create this book, and after she retired she compiled all of his documents to create ‘My Father’s Book’.
This book follows Tom, a RAF crewman from Birmingham, who is on the cusp of courtship, and sent to fight in World War II. He is eventually captured as a prisoner of war in Southeast Asia, and living in camps where he is starved and tortured. ‘My Father’s Book’ is a brilliant biographical story that was transported from Japan to the UK in his RAF cap, and compiled by Tom’s daughter.
Vanessa Roach Paris
Vanessa was born on the small Caribbean island of Nevis in the early 1950s, and eventually moved to the UK. She is now in her 70s and enjoys writing poetry.
‘Sheep, Sheep, Come Home’ follows Vanessa’s life in Nevis and her journey to the United Kingdom to be reunited with her parents and siblings. It explores the bond and reunification of her family, as well as the autobiographical story of Vanessa’s life in the UK.
Elena Rezanova
Elena Rezanova is dedicated to helping people find true fulfillment in their work. With over 20 years of experience as a career professional and a former talent specialist, she has guided driven professionals worldwide in uncovering their purpose and achieving meaningful success.
What’s Next? explores the big questions that arise during career transitions: Who am I? What is my passion? What do I really want? Where am I headed? Whether you’re standing at a career crossroads, questioning your path, or feeling unfulfilled despite your accomplishments, this book is your guide to help navigate these defining moments.
Elizabeth McColloch
Elizabeth McColloch is a writer and a creative with a passion for sharing meaningful stories. Through her blog, Crafting a Life of Love, she encourages readers to embrace intentional living and creative generosity. Having studied business and global public health at Boston College, she drew upon her enriching college experiences as a resident assistant, to inspire others to live with purpose.
In her time as a resident assistant, Elizabeth encouraged her residents to get honest about their aspirations and make choices that aligned with their values. In this heartfelt book, she invites and guides readers to discover what truly matters to you so you can embark on a purposeful college journey.
Ameesha Green
Our founder Ameesha, has 15 years of experience in the publishing industry, and is the most highly rated philosophy book coach in the world. She is also a head judge in the Business Book Awards, and a major cat lover.
Written by our very own Ameesha Green, ‘Where’s Marmalade?’ is the perfect book for children about the importance of resilience and perseverance. It follows Anya, who upon returning home from her Grandma’s house, has realised that her cat Marmalade is missing. This book was originally written by Ameesha for a competition when she was in school, and has now been brought back to life.
Mila Petrova
Dr Mila Petrova is a health, social and behavioural sciences researcher, specialising in health systems change, digital health, palliative and end of life care, health in humanitarian and development contexts, evidence synthesis and knowledge management.
This book is about our relationship to possessions, the loss of home and the search for one’s true home, and about how to use the physical chaos of a house move to sort through some of the inner psychological chaos. It is based on the author’s experience of 21 house moves (or 40, depending on how you count). It is psychological-philosophical yet practical. It will leave you feeling freer, lighter, braver, less swayed by musts and shoulds and other persons’ home-related truths, and more at Home, wherever you are.
Fiona van Petegem
Fiona van Petegem is a product designer and engineer from New Zealand. Her career has spanned 25 years and countless countries. Her expertise is in minimising risks, avoiding financial setbacks, and ensuring the success of products worldwide.
The Smart Risk Playbook equips business owners and CEOs with practical tools and strategies to manage product risks effectively. This book’s five-step process helps you understand how changes in your business can create new risks, and how today’s issues can become tomorrow’s serious problems if left unaddressed. It guides you in creating a Product Risk Management Strategy that sets up the foundation for your staff to create and implement the processes and procedures needed to mitigate risk effectively.
Sarah Stone McDevitt
Sarah Stone McDevitt is an Irish senior director and AI specialist. She has presented TedX talks, and has a podcast where she discusses all things AI and the evolution of the digital landscape.
Her book ‘The Round Table’ is essential for understanding relational intelligence’s place in business, and how it cannot replace human qualities that make companies successfull. This is the ultimate guide for business owners and leaders who want to strengthen and optiomise their use of AI whilst maintaining human moral and workplace collectivity.
This blog explores some of our female authors who have worked with The Book Shelf. If you are an aspiring writer, please get in touch with us here.