Biography

JOEL FOTINOS is a publisher, author, and minister.  He lives in New Jersey and works in New York City.

He is the Founder, Vice-President, and Editorial Director of St. Martin’s Essentials, the successful new body/mind/spirit imprint of the St. Martin’s Publishing Group.  Prior to that, Joel was a Vice-President and Publisher of the TarcherPerigee imprint at Penguin Random House, and a Marketing Manager at the San Francisco office of HarperCollins.  He also was the Religions & Philosophy buyer for several years at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO.

His authors, present and past, have included Julia Cameron, Billy Graham, T.D. Jakes, Brad Nelson, Donna Eden, Thomas Erikson, Judy Collins, Shaman Durek, Mark Nepo, Gay Hendricks, HeatherAsh Amara, Amber Rae, Stephen Mitchell, Neale Donald Walsch, Paul Selig, Pope Francis, Tammy Faye Messner, Gelong Thubten, Eileen Day McKusick, and many others.  His imprint also publishes books by Rob Bell, Brian McLaren, Tyler Henry, and others.

Fotinos has also written many books, including THE PROSPERITY PRINCIPLES and THE THINK & GROW RICH WORKBOOK; his books have been published in 14 languages.  Fotinos has also narrated more than a dozen audiobooks, including the nationally best-selling audio editions for Napoleon Hill’s THINK AND GROW RICH and THE LAW OF SUCCESS, and he is the voice for Penguin Classics’ “Poems By Heart” and  “Bible Verses By Heart” apps.  He consults with businesses and individuals with his Soul Compass work, to help them create success, fulfillment, and purpose.

An ordained minster with the Centers for Spiritual Living, Fotinos speaks once a month and gives on-going classes at the Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey.  He was given Science of Mind magazine’s first “Spiritual Hero of the Year” award.

“Joel Fotinos is a visionary. He is both spiritually grounded and expansive. His ideas are both evolutionary and revolutionary.”                                              –Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way

“It’s such a joy to discover a businessman who is at the top of his game, yet who has remained fresh, creative, and generous. Add to that a great sense of humor and a clear teaching style, and you have Joel Fotinos.”                            –Tama Kieves, author of Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work!

New Thought has been a passion for Joel, and he has been called the most successful publisher of New Thought books in publishing history because of his extensive publishing in this area.  He has published bestselling editions of books by New Thought luminaries both past and present, such as:

  • Ernest Holmes (The Science of Mind, This Thing Called You, and many others)
  • Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich, and many others)
  • Florence Scovel Shinn (The Game of Life, and others)
  • Joseph Murphy (The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, and others)
  • Wallace Wattles (The Science of Getting Rich, and others)
  • Emma Curtis Hopkins (Scientific Christian Mental Practice, High Mysticism)
  • Ralph Waldo Trine (In Tune with the Infinite)
  • Neville Goddard (All ten of his books, and more)
  • Robert Collierr (The Secret of the Ages)
  • Thomas Troward (All of his books)
  • William Walker Atkinson (Many of his books, including under his pseudonyms, which include The Kybalion)
  • Charles Fillmore (Prosperity)
  • Christian D. Larson (The Optimist’s Creed, and many others)
  • Elbert Hubbard (A Message to Garcia)
  • Russell H. Conwell (Acres of Diamonds)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Spiritual Emerson, Everyday Emerson)
  • Raymond Charles Barker (The Power of Decision)
  • Maxwell Maltz (Psycho-cybernetics)
  • Charles F. Haanel (The Master Key System)
  • Helen Wilmans (The Conquest of Poverty)
  • Elizabeth Towne (How to Grow Success)
  • Annie Rix Militz (Prosperity)
  • Manly P. Hall (The Secret Teachings of All Ages)
  • Claude Bristol (The Magic of Believing)
  • James Allen (As a Man Thinketh)
  • George S. Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon)
  • Eric Butterworth (The Creative Life)
  • Terry Cole-Whittaker (Dare to be Great)
  • Roger Teel (This Life is Joy)
  • Edward Viljoen (The Bhagavad Gita, The Power of Meditation, Ordinary Goodness)
  • Mary Manin Morrissey (New Thought: A Practical Spirituality)
  • Dennis Merritt Jones (The Art of Abundance, The Art of Being, The Art of Uncertainty, Your Re/Defining Moments)
  • Chris Michaels (The Power of You)
  • Joan Gattuso (A Course in Love, The Power of Forgiveness, A Lotus Still Blooms, A Course in Life)
  • Kris Ferraro (Energy Healing, Manifestation)
  • Patrick Harbula (Meditation)
  • And many more…

“Joel Fotinos is the Napoleon Hill of our generation.  He is a master teacher of prosperity and the principles of success.”  –Chris Michaels, author of The Power of You

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