Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen were the original authors, and after building the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul brand into a major corporation, they sold off the company in 2008.

Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul, says that this book shows "a living example that all of us have the capability to better ourselves no matter what the odds...

Mark Victor Hansen

Mark Victor Hansen founded, co-created and authored Chicken Soup for the Soul and several other book series.

Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield, the authors of 'Chicken Soup For The Soul,'

Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield, the authors of 'Chicken Soup For The Soul,' are both Silva Graduates.

Even Mark Victor Hansen, co-author

Even Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, says Even Mark Victor Hansen’s now churning out a book every single month.

Dan Clark

Dan Clark is the author of 'Chicken Soup For The Soul.

Jack

Jack wrote the Chicken Soup of the Soul series and is one of the most world’s most successful and prolific authors.

Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker is the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul:

Dr. Emmet C. (Tom) Thompson, II

Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Written by Dr. Emmet C. (Tom) Thompson, II, with Alice Sullivan.

co-author

Co-author Amy Newmark (at left) enjoyed a successful career as a hedge fund manager, financial analyst and in telecommunications before leaving in 2008 to become Publisher and Editor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.

Tracy Crump

Tracy Crump loves to tell stories (the good kind) and has published two dozen of them in anthologies, including Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Bill Cantrell

Bill Cantrell authored the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books.

James Patterson

James Patterson writes lots of series, Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Susan M. Heim

And yet, Susan M. Heim got the biggest benefit because, for the rest of Susan M. Heim's career, Susan M. Heim can say Susan M. Heim wrote a Chicken Soup for the Soul book.

Diana von Welanetz Wentworth

As an added note: Diana von Welanetz Wentworth is also the author of The Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook and Send Me Someone, the story of the tragic loss of Diana von Welanetz Wentworth's husband Paul to cancer and the beginning of Diana von Welanetz Wentworth's new life with Ted Wentworth.

by Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Touched by an Angel: 101 Miraculous Stories of Faith, Divine Intervention, and Answered Prayers was compiled by Amy Newmark and Foreword by Gabrielle Bernstein.

Robin Reynolds

Robin Reynolds is a writer, blogger and contributing author for Chicken Soup for the Soul.

now made more famous in artist Jake Ehrenreich's critically acclaimed bestselling book by the Chicken Soup for the Soul publishers

From the streets of Brooklyn to the laughter and rebirth of Catskills summers -- loaded with amazing music and side-splitting humor -- this newly minted version of the hit show recreates Jake's unforgettable journey -- now made more famous in artist Jake Ehrenreich's critically acclaimed bestselling book by the Chicken Soup for the Soul publishers.

Shop Vac Corp. Terri Vandermark

Shop Vac Corp. Terri Vandermark enjoys writing, reading Chicken Soup for the Soul, being in love with Randy and spending time with Terri Vandermark's special friend, Tonya.

Mark Victor Hanson, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, but Tammi Terrellhad the tenacity to keep searching for someone who would publish Tammi Terrell

For example, 100+ publishers rejected Mark Victor Hanson, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, but Tammi Terrellhad the tenacity to keep searching for someone who would publish Tammi Terrell.