WHO IS KAREN SALMANSOHN?
Karen Salmansohn is an ex-Senior VP award winning ad writer/creative director (at age 27) who left her successful advertising career (having worked as a writer/creative director/image consultant for J. Walter Thompson, McCann Erickson, Young + Rubicam, Averett, Free + Ginsberg, MTV, VH-1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Lifetime, E!, CNBC, NBC, Oxygen, Lee Hunt Associates, L’Oreal, Revlon, Avon, Blue Q, etc) to pursue her passion of writing.
She is now a best selling author/book packager with over 1 million books sold – known for creating a new breed of books – “self help for people who would never be caught dead reading self help.” Or: “self help books you can give as a gift — and not get slapped, because they look kinda cool.”
Some titles: How to Be Happy Dammit; Enough Dammit; How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis; The Bounce Back Book; Prince Harming Syndrome; How to Make Your Man Behave In 21 Days Or Less Using The Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers; Even God Is Single So Stop Giving Me A Hard Time – and many more.
Journalists call Salmansohn “DEEPAK CHOPRA MEETS CARRIE BRADSHAW” because of how she merges empowering psychology/philosophy tips with edgy humor and stylish graphics. Salmansohn not only writes but packages her books — art directing them from beginning to end. Publishers include: Workman, Chronicle, Rizzoli, Simon and Schuster, Broadway Books, Harmony Books, Tenspeed, Tricycle, Sourcebooks, etc…
Some cool people who have loved/hyped her books include: Tony Robbins, Jon Stewart, Madonna, Deepak Chopra, Arianna Huffington, Marissa Tomei, Joan Rivers, Eminem, Lisa Loeb, Jay Leno, Graydon Carter, Keith Ferrazzi, Seth Godin. Peter Guber – and then some. Plus, her famous and free BE HAPPY DAMMIT newsletter has garnered about 20,000 happy reader fans.
Salmansohn’s also had 5 TV development deals for original sitcom concepts she’s conceived and written – for MTV, Nickelodeon, NBC, Brillstein Gray, and Miramax – plus 2 film deals – with Miramax and Bedford Falls.
She’s been written up in the NYTimes, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time Magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, Fast Company and more. She has done all the popular morning shows -– and was a regular lifestyle reporter for FOX TV!
She hosted the famed SIRIUS radio show BE HAPPY DAMMIT on Lime 114 (M – Fr., 8am -9am, EST) — which merged the best of Oprah with Jon Stewart with NPR. Plus for four years she was a popular business columnist for amNY newspaper called “The 1 Minute Career Therapist” — and continues to be an ongoing columnist for OPRAH.COM, Psychologytoday.com, match.com, bettyconfidential.com, msn.com, cnn.com – and a career coach for AOL.
Since the launch of her first book in 1993, Salmansohn has been giving business and relationship seminars nationally and internationally – and now has 29 books, 5 TV development deals, 2 film deals – and one perfume.
Phew is she exhausted!
For more info, visit her website at www.notsalmon.com or email her at karen@notsalmon.com. And follow her fun and inspirational daily postings on Facebook at /karensalmansohn and on Twitter under @notsalmon