Glennon Doyle Melton
1976
Glennon Doyle is a self-help, memoir, and spirituality author that is best known for “Love Warrior,” her New York Times chart-topping biography that she published in 2016. Her debut work was an Oprah Book Club pick in 2016. She then followed it up with “Carry On, Warrior,” which also went on to top the bestselling lists at the New York Times. Given her exploits, she was in the “SuperSoul100” first-ever group of the Oprah Winfred Network 100 awakened leaders using their talent and voices to benefit humanity. She is also a speaker, activist, and founder of a non-profit organization named “Together Rising.” The organization through its “Love Flash Mobs” has been responsible for raising tens of millions for children, families, and women in crisis. Glennon is also the creator of the online community Momastery, a website where millions of readers congregate to experience her irreverent and moving essays on connection, marriage, recovery, motherhood, addiction, mental health, and faith. In 2014, Momastery and Doyle won the Best all Around Social Media activist prize by “Parents Magazine.” Reese’s Book Club named “Untamed” her 2020 novel as part of their selection in 2020. Most of her work is inspired by her own experiences which provide fresh, authentic, hopeful, and empowering perspectives in life that have been described and beautiful even if brutal.