Friends: The Family We Choose for Ourselves

BJ GALLAGHER is an inspirational author and speaker. She writes business books that educate and empower, women’s books that enlighten and entertain, gift books that inspire and inform, and kids’ books that charm and delight. Whether her audience is corporate executives, working women, or a group of giggling youngsters, her message is powerful, positive and practical. She motivates and teaches with empathy, understanding, and more than a little humor. BJ’s international best-seller, A Peacock in the Land of Penguins, has sold over 300,000 copies in 22 languages. Her most recent books include: It's Never Too Late to Be What You Might Have Been (Viva Editions; 2009) Why Don't I Do the Things I Know are Good for Me? (Berkley; 2009) Learning to Dance in the Rain (Simple Truths; 2009) The Best Way Out is Always Through (Simple Truths; 2009) Oh, Thank Goodness, It's Not Just Me! (Simple Truths; 2010) Oil for Your Lamp (Simple Truths; 2010) BJ and her books have been featured on CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer, The Today Show with Matt Lauer, Fox News, PBS, CNN, and other television and radio programs. She is quoted almost weekly in various newspapers, women's magazines, and websites, including: O the Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Woman’s World, Ladies Home Journal, First for Women, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Orlando Sentinel, Financial Times (U.K.), The Guardian (U.K.), CareerBuilder.com, MSNBC.com, and CNN.com. In addition to writing books, BJ also conducts seminars and delivers keynotes at conferences across the country. Her clients include: IBM, Chevron, U.S. Veterans Administration, John Deere Credit Canada, Volkswagen, Farm Credit Services of America, Raytheon, U.S. Department of Interior, Phoenix Newspapers Inc., The American Press Institute, Infiniti, Nissan, U.S. Army, and Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others. For more information, visit BJ’s web sites: www.womenneed2know.com www.bjgallagher.com www.peacockproductions.com