GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, Ph.D., J.D., is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar/workshop leader, specializing in business and work relationships and professional and personal development.  As a sociologist and anthropologist, she writes books about social issues, lifestyles, and criminal justice. She is founder and director of Changemakers and Creative Communications & Research, and has taught classes at several colleges, including California State University at Hayward, Notre Dame de Namur University, and the Investigative Career Program in San Francisco.  Besides writing nonfiction, she writes scripts for films and teleplays.

She has published over 40 books on diverse subjects.

Her books on business and work relationships include: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR MANAGING  EMPLOYEES FROM HELL (AMACOM 2006), A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH BAD BOSSES (AMACOM 2005), A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO WORKING WITH HUMANS (AMACOM 2004), WORK WITH ME! RESOLVING EVERYDAY CONFLICT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION (Davies-Black 2000), and RESOLVING CONFLICT (iUniverse 2006, New Harbinger 1990).

Her books on professional and personal development include THE EMPOWERED MIND (iUniverse 2006) Prentice Hall 1993), MIND POWER (iUniverse 2006, Prentice Hall 1987), and CREATIVE TRAVELER (Tudor 1989).  
 

Her books on marketing include: A COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO PARTY PLAN SELLING (Alpha Books 2005), BUILDING A WINNING SALES TEAM (Probus 1991), SUCCESS IN MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (Prentice Hall 1991), and GET RICH THROUGH MULTI-LEVEL SELLING (Self-Counsel 1989).
 

 Scott’s books on social issues include: HOMICIDE BY THE RICH AND FAMOUS (Berkley 2006, Greenwood 2005); HOMICIDE: 100 YEARS OF MURDER IN AMERICA (Contemporary 1998), YOU THE JURY (Seven Locks 1997), CAN WE TALK? THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF TALK SHOWS (Plenum 1996), MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS: THE BATTLE FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY (Plenum 1995), THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING (iUniverse 2006, Smart Books 1994), THE POWER OF FANTASY (Birch Lane 1994), and PRIVATE EYES (Paladin 1994).
 

A humor and photo book based on the Web site of the same name is DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG? (Broadway/Random House 2004). Her books on groups include: THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO SHAMANISM (Alpha Books 2002); SECRETS OF THE SHAMAN (New Falcon 1993), SHAMANISM AND PERSONAL MASTERY (Paragon 1991), SHAMANISM FOR EVERYONE (Whitford 1989), SHAMAN WARRIOR (New Falcon 1988), and THE OPEN DOOR: TRAVELING IN THE USSR (New World 1990).
 

Scott has received national media exposure for her books (including appearances on Good Morning America, Oprah, Montel Williams, CNN, and the O'Reilly Factor). She hosted a weekly radio talk show series, CHANGEMAKERS, featuring interviews on various topics, which aired from 1991 to 1993 to 1 million listeners in over 70 countries.
 

Scott’s screenplays, mostly in the crime, legal thriller, and sci-fi genres, include RICH AND DEAD, ROYAL FLUSH, DEAD BEAT, THE PARKING LOT, BRINGING GRANDMA BACK, WILD CHILD, BRAIN SWAP, KILL.NET, and DELUSION. Several scripts and TV projects are under option or signed to various producers and agents, including Liv'N'Luv Productions (RICH AND DEAD), Marcus Bryan & Associates (ROYAL FLUSH, KILL.NET, STARTING GAIN, WHY I KILLED MY TEACHER, and Kurtz-Entertainment (HOMICIDE BY THE RICH AND FAMOUS).
 

As a game and toy designer, Scott has had over two dozen games with major game companies, including Hasbro, Pressman, and Mag-Nif. She most recently licensed two games to Briarpatch which will be introducing them at the American Toy Fair in New York in October 2006.  She licensed GLASNOST: THE GAME OF SOVIET-AMERICAN PEACE AND DIPLOMACY to John N. Hansen (1988). The game received a 1989 International Clio for packaging.  She was Nintendo's national spokesperson for Tetris II in 1994.

 

As a songwriter, Scott has written over 100 songs, featured at www.songworks.net, and has cuts on several records.  She has won awards for her photography, featured at www.artsandphotos.com.  She has designed several lines of dolls and character licenses and writes children's books.

 

She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California in Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School, an M.A. in Anthropology and in Mass Communications and Organizational, Consumer, and Audience Behavior from Cal State University, East Bay.

 

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