Monica Leonelle is a USA Today bestselling author, MBA, and former software engineer turned executive marketing professional turned independent author. This background gives her a unique analyst perspective on trends in the publishing industry, which she shares through her work in her newsletter, books, the Go Wide, Grow Wide Incubator, and the Kickstarter Accelerator with her business partner, Russell Nohelty.

She’s been publishing since 2009, has 13+ years of independent author experience, and has 50+ books across multiple pen names in fiction and nonfiction.

Her two series for authors include The Productive Novelist (60,000+ copies sold) and Book Sales Supercharged, the latter of which has a book for each of the platforms. Before becoming an independent author, she led digital marketing efforts at Inc. 100 companies.