Dorothea Brande

Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) was a widely respected journalist, fiction writer, and writing instructor. She is widely known for her enduring guide to the creative process, Becoming a Writer, originally published in 1934 and still popuar today. In 1936, Brande published a masterwork of practical psychology, Wake Up and Live! The book entered more than thirty-four printings and sold over a million copies. For many years, Wake Up and Live!, with its simple and sound advice for personal excellence, rivaled the popularity of contemporaneous works such as Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends and Influence People.