Learn more about the “Ultimate Book Coach” Team!

Kristen Eckstein, Ultimate Book Coach
“Ultimate Book Coach” is a nickname given to Kristen by her amazing clients. She strives to keep earning that title by sucking quality books out of people one word at a time.

Cindy Morus, Business Manager
Cindy is the engine behind the Ultimate Book Coach team, products and customer service that enables everything to run smoothly. Kristen calls Cindy her ”secret weapon” because she handles the boring and tedious, enabling Kristen to focus one-on-one with coaching clients and create new high-value products.
Contact Cindy for UBC Customer Service

Joe Eckstein, Creative Director
Joe is more than the Creative Director of Imagine! Studios, LLC (parent company to the Ultimate Book Coach), he is Kristen’s right-hand in the business and her husband to boot! Joe co-founded the company with Kristen in 2004 after they both worked for a vanity publishing company and learned the ropes of the industry. He is Lead Book Designer and handles most of the UBC authors’ book designs. Joe has earned the title “Wow Factor” at three companies.

Courtney Chowning, Webmaster/Programmer
Courtney is the source of keeping the UBC family of sites running smooth, manages the technical end of the affiliate programs and any other geeky programming things Kristen can come up with for her to do. Thanks to Courtney the sites function and look fabulous!

Erin K. Casey, Lead Developmental Editor
If you desire your book to be the best it can be, the head of our developmental editing and proofreading team, Erin is the editor for you. She has ghostwritten numerous pieces for celebrity authors, is the editor for Kristen’s books, and is our go-to source for in-depth editing. She knows how to help you take your ideas and shape them into content your audience will devour.

Dr. “Mommy” Daisy Sutherland, Ghostwriter/Editor
Dr. Daisy is our top choice for editing transcripts, blog post collections, etc. into readable well-flowing material. Many of the source material for books we work on come from telesummits, webinars and blog posts. To make a book flow for a reader, ghostwriting and intense editing is necessary.

Sheri Masters, Copy-Editor
Sheri also uses the Chicago Manual of Style and copy-edits many of our fiction and Christian non-fiction books. She will find and fix inconsistencies, spelling errors, grammatical issues and poor punctuation and goes above and beyond to make your message as clear as possible.

Linda Shaw, Facebook Writing Page Admin
Linda monitors and posts inspiring quotes, writing tips and prompts on the Writing Fan Page on Facebook. She and Kristen work hand-in-hand to bring you Tips, Inspiration, Motivation and Encouragement (“TIME” to write).

Maruxa Murphy, Product Branding Strategist
Maruxa is our Product Branding Strategist and Founder of Instant Expert Branding. She is passionate about partnering with you to make sure your book publishing experience is top notch. Maruxa oversees product launches, copywriting and product branding.

Erica Cosminsky, Lead Transcriptionist
Many non-fiction books start as audio or video. Erica takes your audio/video and converts it into a rough manuscript. She creates headings, sub headings and chapters to create a complete book.

LeighAnne Hunt, Administrative Assistant
LeighAnne keeps Kristen’s desk, rolodex and brain organized.

Andrea Cinnamond, Virtual Assistant
Andrea keeps Kristen’s blogs and newsletter running smoothly. Kristen loves waking up on Thursday mornings to find that her newsletter has magically appeared in her inbox!

Taresa Sparks, Accountant
Taresa keeps the books neat, clean and organized, freeing Kristen up to bring you more great content. She also manages the company’s Accounts Receivables.