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East Lansing, MI 
Family Expert / Author
46 miles from Battle Creek I offer keynote addresses and workshops that empower parents, educators, and practitioners to help teens navigate sexual experiences in the digital age. Audience…
Grand Rapids, MI
Leadership/Success Speaker / Author
51 miles from Battle Creek CUSTOM KEYNOTES FOR YOUR EVENT Matt Brauning customizes actionable keynotes to match your event’s goals. Popular speaking topics include: Emotional Intelligence,…
Grand Rapids, MI
Author
51 miles from Battle Creek I am a photoartist and published author. As a sepsis, stroke and open heart surgery survivor I have outlined my near death experience in the hopes of helping others…
Grand Rapids, MI
Motivational Speaker / Author
51 miles from Battle Creek Leelo B. P. said “We are still talking about your session and Keynote. They were riveting. I am so excited about the transformation that will occur in the attendees lives…”
Chelsea, MI
Author
59 miles from Battle Creek I perform Mark Twain's American West lecture in character. In this 40-minute program, Twain tells stories of his early life as a Mississippi riverboat pilot,…
Mishawaka, IN
Santa Claus / Author
68 miles from Battle Creek 
11 Verified Bookings Cassandra N. said “We booked Dallas Santa for a Christmas party at home with neighborhood friends and he was AMAZING! He called a few days before to confirm the details.…”
Napoleon, OH
Author
84 miles from Battle Creek I am an Angel Parent. After losing my youngest son at only 5 months old I took to writing to help with my grief. I have now turned those writings into a book, "Shattered…
Fort Wayne, IN
Author
86 miles from Battle Creek I Will Not Be Silent tells the story through a 9 year-old's eyes of physical and mental abuse and a life consumed with fear, anger and denial. She slowly loses…
Fort Wayne, IN
Author
86 miles from Battle Creek Author, Motivational Speaker and Child Advocate Laurie Gray offers key note addresses and workshops on parenting, personal transformation, criminal justice, child…
Sylvania, OH
Leadership/Success Speaker / Author
86 miles from Battle Creek
12 Verified Bookings Hamza S. said “Dustin Dale's recent presentation was a breath of fresh air for our team's motivation. With his dynamic delivery and relatable anecdotes, Dustin…”
Northville, MI
Author
87 miles from Battle Creek I am an author, speaker, and health coach with a passion to change the world by giving people the gift of their energy and vitality back.
Paulding, OH
Author
87 miles from Battle Creek I am an "Old Scout". I enjoy speaking about my adventures and demonstrating backpacking equipment. I've been involved with the Boy Scouts all of…
Pontiac, MI
Author
99 miles from Battle Creek
2 Verified Bookings Katherine M. said “She was easy to make plans with and her performance was very engaging to the students and their families. She gave an excellent performance as Granny…”
Southfield, MI
Author
100 miles from Battle Creek I do keynote presentations, breakout sessions, workshops, and courses on topics such as adaptability, DEI, emotional intelligence, leadership, and talent development.
Bowling Green, OH
Family Expert / Author
102 miles from Battle Creek Homer H. said “Dr. Mata presented on moving interactions from transactional to relational. Her blend of real life experiences, humor, and strong content was engaging…”
In the past year, Authors have sent 77 quotes to event planners
Authors rank #322 in popularity out of 540 categories on GigSalad
512 Author reviews on GigSalad with an average rating of 5 stars
From request to booking, it takes 1.1 days (on average) to hire an Author
An author brings more to the table than just a good book! These folks are often leaders in their field, industry, or topic of interest. Booking an author as a speaker allows them to give your audience education and insight to the topics of their book or about their field. The authors listed bring all kinds of topics to the table from children's literature and fiction novels to political and religious experts. No matter the subject of interest, you're sure to find an author to match your needs to give a great speech and possibly a book signing.
An insightful and articulate speaker at a corporate event can help individuals, groups, and companies to achieve their potential through a dynamic and insightful speech, seminar or consulting session. Authors/Speakers on GigSalad have written Children's Books, have been Bestselling Authors of Local Interest, Fiction, Religious, Political, Health and/or Nonfiction Titles. GigSalad has premier affordable motivational speakers available to speak to educate, inform, inspire and motivate.
When booking an Author to speak at your event, be sure you have your event details (date, time, location, topic, etc.) and budget lined up before you contact the Author. Next up, you should book well in advance. Some speakers are booked months or years in advance. However, in some situations you might be able to book less than 60 days in advance. Lastly, pay attention to detail in the contract. What are the traveling expenses? If the traveling expenses are too expensive, consider partnering with another organization to host the same speaker during the same time frame.
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