Master storyteller Lauren Speeth has cast her vision “beyond film and music” over the years with audiences around the world, to critical acclaim. Her interests run the gamut, from books about the American experience to 3-D films about Irish spirituality, to music about love and life. Nearly a dozen years ago, she penned her first book, a coffee-table book entitled Tracks of Hope: The Forgotten Story of America’s Runaway Train and How We Can Get Back on Course, illustrating it with her own photographs. Her second book, Intelligence & Compassion in Action: The Seven Pillars for Social Entrepreneurs, has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian. In her novel "Thread for Pearls," her first work of historical fictMaster storyteller Lauren Speeth has cast her vision “beyond film and music” over the years with audiences around the world, to critical acclaim. Her interests run the gamut, from books about the American experience to 3-D films about Irish spirituality, to music about love and life. Nearly a dozen years ago, she penned her first book, a coffee-table book entitled Tracks of Hope: The Forgotten Story of America’s Runaway Train and How We Can Get Back on Course, illustrating it with her own photographs. Her second book, Intelligence & Compassion in Action: The Seven Pillars for Social Entrepreneurs, has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian. In her novel "Thread for Pearls," her first work of historical fiction, she shares what she has come to understand as the fundamental human experience of resiliency and hope. As with all her other works, hope is an abiding theme, and she brings it bear each day at Elfenworks Productions, LLC....more