In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

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New York Times Bestseller

I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.
Emma Straub,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe VacationersandModern Lovers

Over 100 exceptional and influential women describe how they embraced their creative spirit, overcame adversity, and sparked a global movement of entrepreneurship. Media titans and ceramicists, hoteliers and tattoo artists, comedians and architectstaken together, these profiles paint a beautiful picture of what happens when we pursue our passions and dreams.

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A triumphant compendium of interviews with more than 100 female entrepreneurs, from activists to designers to bakers. . . . The interviews are accompanied by stunning portraits of the women in their homes and work spaces.
Elle

So inspiring!
Good Morning America

One of the Ten Most Un-Put-Downable Reads of the Year
Essence

Surprising, real, and illuminating.
Vogue.com

Bonney continues to inspire as she offers what she calls visibility for powerful women in business. Whether theyre artists, chefs, tattoo artists or writers, creative women of all colors, ages, sexualities and experience share their fears, mistakes and successes.
Los Angeles Times

Bonneys quietly radical, profoundly moving project brings together short interviews with a diverse group of women who share insight on their lifes work. . . . Gorgeous photographs reveal a kaleidoscope of joyful enterprise. Small business owners and poets, chefs and cartoonists, potters and musicians all give generous, humorous counsel to taking risks and following ones heart. Their creativity is so inspiring that this book should be in every females possession, especially young girls in need of positive role models and old girls looking for a kick. Seeing women of so many ethnicities, backgrounds, and abilities successfully living their dreams is totally uplifting.
Bust

An invigorating and empowering collection of life-earned wisdom and practical advice.
Brainpickings.com

Its so refreshing to see new faces being featured.
Forbes.com

Learn how to break the glass ceiling from one of the many talented self-starters profiled in Grace Bonneys In the Company of Women. . . . Sage business advice.
Martha Stewart Living

"In the Company of Women tells the stories of more than 100 women who work for themselvesartists, writers, designers, chefs, musicians. [Author Grace Bonney] talks to established names like Eileen Fisher and Roxane Gay, and women who are just launching their fledgling careers. . . . [A] beautifully diverse range of voices, all of them weighing in on lessons theyve learned, mistakes they've made, traits they're proud of, characteristics they admire in others and so on.
The Chicago Tribune

This inspiring book encapsulates the stories of more than 100 creative women in the areas of design, visual arts, culinary arts, literature, and show business in short QAs about the lessons theyve learned on their journeys to success.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An excellent source of inspiration for women (and men) of all ages.
Library Journal, starred review

[This book] acts as a source of inspiration for anyone, regardless of gender, whos running a business, or thinking about it.
Booklist, starred review

Give the gift of empowerment with this inspiring compilation of interviews. . . . Wrap this up for a recent grad, creative mind, or anyone looking for a healthy dose of girl power.
RealSimple.com

Graces excellent book is full of empowering business advice from a diverse group of inspirational and talented women.
Martha Stewart

Grace Bonney has given us our favorite icons, heroes, and bandit queens in one of the oldest living forms of communication: a book. Enjoy, dear readers, for each page turn is a meditation on the power of the Divine Feminine.
Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent

These amazing stories will surely spark something deep within us all: the courage to dream and the fortitude to make those dreams happen.
Joanna Gaines, owner of Magnolia, host of HGTVs Fixer Upper

A joyful book that celebrates both the diversity of beauty and the beauty of diversity: in race, age, size, sexuality, and ways of thinking.
Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times bestselling author of A Little Life

I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.
Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers

A world of insight from an array of intriguing, trailblazing women. And the photography is gorgeous! Padma Lakshmi, author of Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

I hope this book becomes an almanac that will continue to expound on the work and the lives of everyday cis, trans, and queer women and women of color who are building and becoming businesses, and that will remind other exceptional women that they are in good company.
Angelica Ross, founder of TransTech and star of Her Story
A triumphant compendium of interviews with more than 100 female entrepreneurs, from activists to designers to bakers. . . . The interviews are accompanied by stunning portraits of the women in their homes and work spaces.
Elle

So inspiring!
Good Morning America

One of the Ten Most Un-Put-Downable Reads of the Year
Essence

Surprising, real, and illuminating.
Vogue.com

Bonney continues to inspire as she offers what she calls visibility for powerful women in business. Whether theyre artists, chefs, tattoo artists or writers, creative women of all colors, ages, sexualities and experience share their fears, mistakes and successes.
Los Angeles Times

Bonneys quietly radical, profoundly moving project brings together short interviews with a diverse group of women who share insight on their lifes work. . . . Gorgeous photographs reveal a kaleidoscope of joyful enterprise. Small business owners and poets, chefs and cartoonists, potters and musicians all give generous, humorous counsel to taking risks and following ones heart. Their creativity is so inspiring that this book should be in every females possession, especially young girls in need of positive role models and old girls looking for a kick. Seeing women of so many ethnicities, backgrounds, and abilities successfully living their dreams is totally uplifting.
Bust

An invigorating and empowering collection of life-earned wisdom and practical advice.
Brainpickings.com

Its so refreshing to see new faces being featured.
Forbes.com

Learn how to break the glass ceiling from one of the many talented self-starters profiled in Grace Bonneys In the Company of Women. . . . Sage business advice.
Martha Stewart Living

"In the Company of Women tells the stories of more than 100 women who work for themselvesartists, writers, designers, chefs, musicians. [Author Grace Bonney] talks to established names like Eileen Fisher and Roxane Gay, and women who are just launching their fledgling careers. . . . [A] beautifully diverse range of voices, all of them weighing in on lessons theyve learned, mistakes they've made, traits they're proud of, characteristics they admire in others and so on.
The Chicago Tribune

This inspiring book encapsulates the stories of more than 100 creative women in the areas of design, visual arts, culinary arts, literature, and show business in short QAs about the lessons theyve learned on their journeys to success.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An excellent source of inspiration for women (and men) of all ages.
Library Journal, starred review

[This book] acts as a source of inspiration for anyone, regardless of gender, whos running a business, or thinking about it.
Booklist, starred review

Give the gift of empowerment with this inspiring compilation of interviews. . . . Wrap this up for a recent grad, creative mind, or anyone looking for a healthy dose of girl power.
RealSimple.com

Graces excellent book is full of empowering business advice from a diverse group of inspirational and talented women.
Martha Stewart

Grace Bonney has given us our favorite icons, heroes, and bandit queens in one of the oldest living forms of communication: a book. Enjoy, dear readers, for each page turn is a meditation on the power of the Divine Feminine.
Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent

These amazing stories will surely spark something deep within us all: the courage to dream and the fortitude to make those dreams happen.
Joanna Gaines, owner of Magnolia, host of HGTVs Fixer Upper

A joyful book that celebrates both the diversity of beauty and the beauty of diversity: in race, age, size, sexuality, and ways of thinking.
Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times bestselling author of A Little Life

I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long.
Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers

A world of insight from an array of intriguing, trailblazing women. And the photography is gorgeous! Padma Lakshmi, author of Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

I hope this book becomes an almanac that will continue to expound on the work and the lives of everyday cis, trans, and queer women and women of color who are building and becoming businesses, and that will remind other exceptional wom

Author Bio

GraceBonney is the author of the bestselling booksIn the Company of WomenandDesign*Sponge at Home.Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New Yorks Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @designsponge.