For more than 40 years, Marilyn Donnellan and her alter-ego, Sophie Longhoofer, have been imparting all sorts of wisdom at conferences, workshops, country clubs and service clubs. Donnellan is the author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books, guides, toolkits and training videos on a wide range of topics. A prolific and engaging author, Donnellan cuts to the chase in help self-help books and makes the future come alive in her non-fiction books. She has a Master's Degree in Administration and served as the CEO of five different nonprofits in five states. She is a consultant and trainer, an artist, a wife, mother, and a grandmother. She writes not only to share her field-tested wisdom, but also because she feels compelled to use her gifts to help others.