Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*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 York’s Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @designsponge.
“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 they’re
artists, chefs, tattoo artists or writers, creative women of all
colors, ages, sexualities and experience share their fears,
mistakes and successes.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Bonney’s quietly radical, profoundly moving project brings
together short interviews with a diverse group of women who share
insight on their life’s 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 one’s heart. Their
creativity is so inspiring that this book should be in every
female’s 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
“It’s 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 Bonney’s 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 themselves—artists, 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 they’ve 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
they’ve 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, who’s 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
“Grace’s 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 HGTV’s 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 they’re
artists, chefs, tattoo artists or writers, creative women of all
colors, ages, sexualities and experience share their fears,
mistakes and successes.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Bonney’s quietly radical, profoundly moving project brings
together short interviews with a diverse group of women who share
insight on their life’s 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 one’s heart. Their
creativity is so inspiring that this book should be in every
female’s 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
“It’s 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 Bonney’s 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 themselves—artists, 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 they’ve 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
they’ve 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, who’s 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
“Grace’s 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 HGTV’s 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
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