Judith Briles

Judith Briles
Residence	Denver, Colorado
Nationality	American
Education	Doctorate of Business Administration
Occupation	Author, publishing expert
Website	thebookshepherd.com/%20TheBookShepherd.com

Judith Briles is an author, publisher, consultant and professional speaker focused in the fields of finance and book publishing.^[1]

She is best known for being the founder of Author U,^[2] the co-founder of Mile High Press,^[3] and was CW2 Denver’s financial expert in the mid-2000s. Briles has been referred to as the "Book Shepherd" and is an advocate for author’s rights.^[4]

Background

Briles has earned both masters and doctorate of Business Administration degrees. In 2004, she was named the Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.^[5]

Career

Briles is the co-founder of Mile High Press, Ltd., a small press and The Briles Group, Inc., a former Colorado-based research, training and consulting firm.^[6] She now owns The Book Shepherd, a consulting and implementation firm that works with authors and small publishers.

Briles is an author of over thirty books including Show Me About Book Publishing with Rick Frishman and John Kremer, The Confidence Factor and Stabotage!^[7] She also travels internationally as a motivational speaker.^[8][9][10]

Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Time, People,^[11] USA Today,^[12] Self, McCalls, Working Woman, Family Circle, The Washington Post,^[13] Newsweek^[14] and The New York Times. She is a frequent guest on national television and radio and has appeared on programs including CNN, CNNfn, Oprah, John Gray, MSNBC and Good Morning America.^[15]

Select bibliography

• Briles, Judith (1987). Woman to Woman: From Sabotage to Support. Far Hills, NJ: New Horizons Press. pp. 298 pages. ISBN 978-0882821719. 
• Briles, Judith (2000). Smart-Money Moves for Kids. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 316 pages. ISBN 978-1885331038. 
• Briles, Judith (2005). Money Smarts: Personal Financial Success in 30 Days!. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 288 pages. ISBN 978-1885331199. 
• Briles, Judith (2008). Zapping Conflict in the Health Care Workplace. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 414 pages. ISBN 978-1885331083. 
• Briles, Judith (2008). The Confidence Factor: Cosmic Gooses Lay Golden Eggs. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 176 pages. ISBN 978-1885331090. 
• Briles, Judith (2008). Stabotage!: How to Deal with the Pit Bulls, Skunks, Snakes, Scorpions & Slugs in the Health Care Workplace. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 192 pages. ISBN 978-1885331304. 
• Briles, Judith (2013). Author YOU-Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms. Denver, CO: Mile High Press. pp. 232 pages. ISBN 978-1885331410. 

References

External links

• Dr. Judith Briles Official site
• The Book Shepherd
• Mile High Press