Danielle LaPorte is the bestselling author of The Fire Starter Sessions (Random House, 2012). An entrepreneur, social media sensation, and inspirational speaker, Danielle has been featured in Elle, Body + Soul, Vogue Australia, Better Homes & Gardens, Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Huffington Post, Entertainment Tonight, USAToday and BusinessWeek.com. She was a news show commentator for CBC, and is a former director of a Washington DC think tank, where she managed a team of analysts studying global trends for the likes of the Pentagon and the World Bank.

Over a million visitors have gone to DanielleLaPorte.com for her straight-up advice--a site that's been deemed the best place online for kick-ass spirituality, and was named one of the Top 100 Websites for Women by Forbes. Danielle lives in Vancouver, BC with her young son.