After working with Clay Mathile, one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs I’ve ever met, I wrote my mission statement: I tell stories that inspire people to greatness. Right after that, I met Sam. His story of overcoming through love and forgiveness, which led to triumph, was one I felt compelled to write. 
About Echo
Echo Garrett (www.echogarrett.com) is Sam's co-author. Her articles have appeared in more than 75 publications including Business Week, Inc., The New York Times, Money, Investors Business Daily, Delta Sky and abcnews.com. She is the author of Why Don’t They Just Get a Job? One Couple’s Mission to End Poverty (March 2010). She was selected from a field of 25 writers to pen the authorized biography of Clay Mathile, owner and former chair/CEO of The Iams Company. Dream No Little Dreams was published in 2006. She ghostwrote Tales From the Top: Ten Crucial Questions from the World's #1 Executive Coach (Nelson Business, 2005). Her first book was How To Make a Buck and Still Be a Decent Human Being: A Week with Rick Rose at Dataflex (HarperBusiness, 1993).
A graduate of Auburn University, Echo has been interviewed on Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN, NY-1 and has done more than 50 radio interviews supporting book projects and magazine articles. She is a member of the Author's Guild; American Society of Journalists and Authors; National Federation of Press Women; Investigative Reporters & Editors; and the Atlanta Press Club.
With Sam, she co-founded the Orange Duffel Bag Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to life skills education for homeless teens, those aging out of foster care and former foster youth.
