Find Your Path
to Publishing
Whether you’re ready to find your story, write your book, become a published author, or take your writing to the next level, Rise Literary will get you there.
Together, we will help to create your path from emerging writer to celebrated author - because we believe our stories have the power to disrupt the world.
Founded by bestselling author, big-five editor, and renowned publisher Kristen McGuiness, Rise Literary is a book coaching and hybrid publishing company like no other. Offering group courses, private book coaching, and our premier hybrid publisher, with sales and distribution with Simon & Schuster, Rise Literary helps writers to write the good fight – and finally go from book dream to book reality.
Rise Literary offers emerging writers a path to publishing. Through Rise Books, our writers become celebrated authors.
How can Rise Literary help you become a Celebrated Author?
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Private Coaching
From book proposals to full manuscripts, Rise Literary will take you from book idea to book submissions. We help you craft your promise, your approach, and the magic to help you tell and sell your story.
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Group Courses
Rise Literary helps authors at every stage of the journey (and budget). By pulling back the curtain on book publishing, we offer three group programs – Five Days to Finally Find Your Story, Five Weeks to Finally Tell Your Story, and Five Months to Finally Write Your Book!
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Hybrid Publishing
for authors who are ready to invest in their career as a published author and thought leaders, Rise Literary offers premier publishing packages with sales & distribution with Simon & Schuster. From audiobook production and distribution to TV and film development to publicity and marketing, our hybrid packages are the most robust in the industry, helping writers become celebrated authors and their books award-winning works of art and enterprise.
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Events and Workshops
Rise Literary offers a host of events and workshops to help you grow as a writer, creator, and celebrated author. From our live speakers series to our book coaching breakfasts, Rise Literary believes in building community - helping writers find their path to publishing and their inspiration.
On the Rise Bookshelf
Rise Bookshelf
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![Live Through This Book]()
LIVE THROUGH THIS
BY KRISTEN MCGUINESS
RELEASE DATE | 10.10.2023
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![The 3 Things]()
THE 3 THINGS
BY MAGGIE BOXEY
RELEASE DATE | 5.7.2024
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![Fuckboys Are Boring]()
FUCKBOYS ARE BORING
BY RYAN SHELDON
RELEASE DATE | 9.10.2024
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CONNECTION
BY ASHER GOTTESMAN
RELEASE DATE | 4.8.2025
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REWRITE THE MOTHER CODE
BY GERTRUDE LYONS
RELEASE DATE | 5.13.2025
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![Wife Mother Drunk]()
WIFE MOTHER DRUNK
BY EMILY REDONDO
RELEASE DATE | 10.21.2025
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![The Astrology of Healing]()
THE ASTROLOGY OF HEALING
BY NADA YOUSIF
RELEASE DATE | 1.6.2026
Rise BOOKS isn’t your usual hybrid press
Rise Books is a literary imprint dedicated to publishing radically inspired books from the Rise Literary community.
Rise Literary is distributed by Simon & Schuster, offering authors national (and international) distribution of their titles, along with professional production, editorial, design, and publicity and marketing services. In addition, we include all marketing and publicity, audiobook production and distribution, foreign right and film/TV development in our hybrid packages – offering authors a premier publishing experience.
You not only publish your book with Rise Literary – we help you build your career as a celebrated author.
Kind Words
Kind Words
“Rise Literary helps and allows an author's highest voice to come through. If you are looking for a collaborator - someone brilliant and funny - Kristen is your person and Rise Literary is the place to be! They are book doulas in the highest form.”
— Christopher Rivas, author of Brown Enough (Row House Publishing, 2022)