Media Arts Literary was founded over five years ago in 2002, and is one of a number of companies owned by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., J.D., who has published over 50 books and has worked with dozens of clients on writing proposals, books, articles, film scripts, TV series proposals, advertising copy, and other materials. 

Gini Scott brings a broad background in writing, marketing, promotion, and business development to Media Arts Literary.  She is a nationally known writer, organizational/business consultant, speaker, and seminar/ workshop leader, who has founded a number of companies, including Changemakers, involved in product development, promotion, and licensing, Creative Communications & Research, involved in various types of writing and research; Changemakers Production, involved in screenplay writing and film production, and Behavior Research Associates, involved in social and ethnographic research.   She is also the founder of several services which involved in making connections, which include:
       - book writers with publishers and agents (Publishers and Agents),
       - screenplay writers with producers, production companies and film agents
             (Screenplay Writers Connection),
       - filmmakers, producers, and executives with the film industry
             (FilmConnection)
       - game designers with the game industry (Game and Toy Connection),
       - speakers with meeting planners and speakers bureaus (SpeakersConnection)
       - and anyone with the media (News Media Connection). 

She has published over 50 books on diverse subjects. Her most recent and best-selling books include:

• ENJOY! 101 WAYS TO ADD FUN TO YOUR WORK EVERYDAY (AMACOM 2008)

• 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL MEMORY (AMACOM 2007)

• DISAGREEMENTS, DISPUTES AND ALL OUT WAR (AMACOM 2007)

• AMERICAN MURDER (Greenwood 2007)

• WHEN I GROW UP, I'D LIKE TO BE A STURGEON (Sasquatch Books 2006)

• HOMICIDE BY THE RICH AND FAMOUS (Berkley Books 2006, Greenwood 2005)

• A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO MANAGING EMPLOYEES FROM HELL (AMACOM 2006)

• A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH BAD BOSSES (AMACOM 2005)

• A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH HUMANS (AMACOM 2004)

• DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG? (Broadway Books/Random House 2004)

• WORK WITH ME! RESOLVING EVERYDAY CONFLICT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION (Davies-Black 2000)

• RESOLVING CONFLICT (ASJA Presss 2006, New Harbinger 1990)

• THE EMPOWERED MIND (ASJA Press 2006, Prentice Hall 1993)

• MIND POWER (ASJA Press 2006, Prentice Hall 1987)

• CAN WE TALK? THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF TALK SHOWS (Plenum 1996)

• THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING (ASJA Press 2006, Smart Books 1994)

• THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO SHAMANISM (Alpha Books, 2002)

Her screenplays which are under development include:

• RICH AND DEAD (just out of option)

• NEW IDENTITY (Planned for production by Changemakers Productions, director attached)

• THE NEW CHILD (Planned for production by Changemakers Productions, director attached)

• FLARE UP (Planned for production by Changemakers Productions, director attached)

• UNBALANCED (Planned for production by Changemakers Productions, co-producer, director, and financing attached)

Gini Scott has written over 100 songs, about half of them published or recorded by independent publishers and recording companies, with demos available for listening in a Windows Media Player or Real Player at Songworks.Net.  She set up the Songwriting Connection to connect songwriters to music publishers and recording companies.

Her photography has been featured in a number of books, including:

• Do You Look Like Your Dog (Broadway/Random House 2004)

• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shamanism (Alpha Books 2002)

• The Modern Russian Revolution (ASJA Press 2008; Originally Published as
  The Open Door: Traveling in the USSR (New World Library 1990)

Many of her photographs have been featured in various competitions, have won awards, and are featured online at ArtsandPhotos.Com.

As a game and toy designer, Scott has had over two dozen games with major game companies, including Hasbro, Pressman, and Mag-Nif.  She recently licensed two new games to Briarpatch, which were introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York in 2007.  She has consulted with dozens of clients about designing and marketing games, and has recently spoken on licensing at the American Toy Fair and GAMA. 

Scott has received national media exposure for her books (including appearances on Oprah, Montel Williams, CNN, and the O'Reilly Factor). She hosted a weekly radio talk show series, CHANGEMAKERS, featuring interviews on various topics, aired from 1991 to 1993 to 1 million listeners in over 70 countries.

She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California in Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School, and M.A.s in Anthropology, Popular Culture and lifestyules, and Mass Communications and Organizational, Consumer, and Audience Behavior Cal State University, East Bay.