Iyanla Vanzant

Iyanla Vanzant is an accomplished author and speaker. Her book In the Meantime was a #1 New York Times bestseller and went on to spend twenty weeks on the list. As a nationally recognized speaker, she has sold out venues like New York's Jacob Javits Center, the Grand Ole Opry, and Atlanta's Civic Center. She was also a regular contributor to the The Oprah Winfrey Show . Vanzant has received numerous accolades for her work, most notably an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. The...See more

Iyanla Vanzant is an accomplished author and speaker. Her book In the Meantime was a #1 New York Times bestseller and went on to spend twenty weeks on the list. As a nationally recognized speaker, she has sold out venues like New York's Jacob Javits Center, the Grand Ole Opry, and Atlanta's Civic Center. She was also a regular contributor to the The Oprah Winfrey Show . Vanzant has received numerous accolades for her work, most notably an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. The mother of three and grandmother of four, she lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. See less