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Book author and journalist Ann has
broad writing experience for a number of corporate clients
including Gap Inc., Lam Research and Yahoo. Her writing enables
companies to communicate clearly with and motivate their
employees to achieve strategic objectives.
Her first book, the co-authored
autobiography of Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea, "Copy This!
Lessons from a hyperactive dyslexic who turned a bright idea
into one of America’s best companies" was published in 2005
(Workman Publishing, New York City). She speaks publicly about
her writing and collaborates with clients on select book
projects.
A former staff writer with Forbes, Ann
worked exclusively on The Forbes 400 for two consecutive years,
writing both cover stories. As a freelance foreign
correspondent, she also covered the market and social
transformations of Eastern European societies for two and a half
years from her base in Prague. Her work has appeared in more
than two dozen publications including Forbes, Fast Company,
Business 2.O Magazine, BusinessWeek Online, Fortune Small
Business, Red Herring, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe,
O, The Oprah Magazine, Victoria Magazine, Salon.com and her
alumni publication Stanford Magazine.
Ann holds a B.A. in International Relations
from Stanford University and completed a French immersion
program at Middlebury College. She also studied abroad in
Sorbonne and L'Institute d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France.
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