Stacy A. Padula

Stacy A. Padula is an author and entrepreneur from Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 2019 and 2020 respectively, the International Association of Top Professionals (New York, NY) named her "Top Educational Consultant of the Year" and "Empowered Woman of the Year."

Padula is the CEO and founder of both South Shore College Consulting & Tutoring and Briley & Baxter Publications. In 2019, she also wrote her first screenplay, an adaptation of her novel "The Aftermath." Padula published the "Gripped" book series under her own company, Briley & Baxter Publications – a publishing company that donates a portion of its proceeds to animal rescues each month.

The "Gripped" series is also heading to television, with an adaptation currently in the works. Emmy-winning producer Mark Blutman, known for "Ghostwriter," "Girl Meets World," and "Boy Meets World" said of the project: “I’ve always looked for ways to affect young adults with a positive message in my work. The opportunity to take the world Stacy created, a world showing how good kids can easily fall into life threatening drug addiction and eventually put the pieces of their lives back together, was an opportunity and challenge I was excited to bring to the small screen. It has a Friday Night Lights meets Euphoria vibe. The vulnerable flaws in the characters Stacy has created really resonated with me.”