027 | From The Alchemist to The Great All: Intuition, Integrity, & Books That Save Lives with Publisher Brenda Knight

This week, Molly is joined by Brenda Knight, award-winning publisher, author, intuition-led trailblazer, and founder of Books That Save Lives (a mission-driven publishing house devoted to changing minds, healing hearts, and creating a more compassionate world).

Brenda is the publisher of Molly's new book, The Great All, and a deep force in today’s world of writing and media. Her story is one of courage, intuition, integrity, and following the “omens” that led her toward her purpose.

Together, Molly and Brenda explore the twists, initiations, and inner guidance that shape a life – and the extraordinary ripple effects of choosing compassion over conformity.

 

Molly and Brenda discuss:

• Brenda’s extraordinary journey from a dirt road in West Virginia to HarperCollins, and why reading became her portal to possibility.
• moments when integrity can speak louder than ambition.
• a behind-the-scenes story of Paulo Coelho’s classic, The Alchemist.
• how veteran and first-responder stories inspired Books That Save Lives (BTSL).
• the birth of The Great All, and Molly’s weird, wondrous, divinely timed idea that wouldn’t let go.
• why parables and teaching stories work at a soul-level and why The Great All feels like essential guidance for navigating today’s world.

 

Today’s Guest:

Brenda Knight began her career at HarperCollins, working with luminaries Paolo Coelho, Marianne Williamson, Mark Nepo, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Knight was awarded IndieFab’s Publisher of the Year in 2015. Knight is the author of Random Acts of Kindness, The Grateful Table, and Women of the Beat Generation, which won an American Book Award. Knight is Publisher at Books That Save Lives. She also teachers at the San Francisco Writers Conference, Writing for Change and serves as President of the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Follow her on Instagram @LowerHaightbk and @BooksThatSaveLives.

 

BTSL includes an invitation to the Heart Wisdom panels in their newsletter. If you’d like to join, sign up at: https://www.booksthatsavelives.net/contact-us/.

 

An extra thanks to Duncan MacLeod, the business side of BTSL! He oversees operations, finance, and fulfillment. He’s also an author, and cares deeply about the BTSL mission. He is the author of Money Magic: Easy and Surprising Ways to Not Be Broke. 

 

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