Harriet Brown’s memoir, Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia, is receiving rave reviews and much-deserved attention. Elle magazine recently spoke with Ms. Brown and gleaned further insight into a family’s, and daughter’s, 18-month battle with anorexia.

Ms. Brown  is an eclectic and curiosity-driven writer and speaker whose work on subjects ranging from fat acceptance to forgiveness appears in the New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Health, Glamour, Vogue, and many other publications. Her radio essays can be heard on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “To the Best of Our Knowledge.” A frequent contributor to the Tuesday New York Times science section, she specializes in speaking about issues that affect the lives of women and children.

Congratulations to 2009 ESPY Award winner for Best Male Athlete with a Disability Jason P. Lester, whose new book Running on Faith: The Principles, Passion, and Pursuit of a Winning Life (HarperOne) has been garnering some much-deserved praise. Check out a recent TV interview with “Good Morning Arizona” here.

Jason Lester is one of the world’s finest physically challenged extreme athletes and an accomplished artist. His memoir Running On Faith is his story of triumph as an Ironman with the use of one arm and his guide to overcoming adversity, reaching goals and recognizing God’s guiding hand in one’s life. As an evangelical Christian, Lester shares his message of hope and faith through his NEVER STOP Foundation, and in speaking engagements at companies, schools, hospitals, churches, and athletic organizations. His experience in the HawaiiUltraman World Championships is being made into a 90-minute documentary, A Painted Race. Also in production is a feature film detailing Lester’s extraordinary life, titled Chasing Me.

Theresa Brown’s newest New York Times Well blog post explores the unique language between doctors and nurses, and how that specialized lingo has a much different effect than everyday English.  As a floor nurse in an oncology unit for the past few years, she knows what she’s talking about.

Brown writes about health care issues and is the author of Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between (HarperStudio). After starting her family, Brown went back to school and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. She has been a leading contributor to the Well blog of the New York Times since February 2009, where she has authored over 20 posts. She has also published pieces in The New York Times, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Scrubs Magazine, and the University of Chicago Alumni Magazine. She was invited to the White House in September 2009, where President Obama quoted one of her Well posts in a speech about health care reform. Brown has addressed a wide range of issues about nursing, including the importance of nursing to good health care, oncology, end-of-life care, medical ethics, and the challenging working conditions faced by many nurses today.

Congratulations to Dr. Charles Sophy, celebrity psychiatrist and author of Side By Side: The Revolutionary Mother-Daughter Program for Conflict-Free Communication (HarperOne), who will be featured on all nine episodes of Mel B’s “It’s A Scary World” on Style Network.

Dr. Sophy also stars  as the on-call psychiatrist for VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”.  In addition to his on-screen credits, Dr. Sophy currently serves as the medical director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the nation’s largest Child Welfare System. As medical director, Sophy is responsible for directing the physical and mental health, as well as assisting in ensuring the safety, of over 40,000 foster care children.