Jennifer Hawthorne

Jennifer Read Hawthorne is an international speaker and award-winning author specializing in inspirational presentations for women. For more than 20 years, her insights, humor and guidance have provided enthusiastic audiences with both the motivation and the tools to achieve greater personal and professional success.

Jennifer’s newest keynote presentation is based on her recently released book, Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live.

Jennifer is co-author of four bestselling books, including Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul. Both books reached #1 on the New York Times and #1 and #2 on USA Today’s best-seller lists and continue to be among the most popular of all books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Other books include A Second Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul; Chicken Soup for the Single’s Soul; The Soul of Success: A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power; Diamonds, Pearls & Stones: Jewels of Wisdom for Young Women; and Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live. Together, Jennifer’s books have sold more than 13 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.

As an author and self-esteem expert, Jennifer has appeared on CNN, Sally Jesse Raphael, Pure Oxygen, and hundreds of national, regional and local TV and radio shows. She has been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and writes articles for national magazines such as Ladies Home Journal. She is a regular columnist for Affluent magazine. She is also a regular guest on Jim Blasingame’s national radio show “The Small Business Advocate” and a member of Jim’s “Brain Trust.”

As a professional with a degree in Journalism/Speech & Broadcasting, she co-founded The Esteem Group in 1993, which she now directs as Jennifer Hawthorne Inc. Her clients include hundreds of professional associations, as well as Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and educational organizations. Clients include AT&T, Delta Air Lines, YWCA, the American Heart Association, Clemson University, The American Legion, Cargill, the American Business Women’s Association, Hallmark Cards, Avon, the American Bankers Association and many more.