Kathleen Kaiser is president of the Writers & Publishers Network, co-host of the TalkingBookPublishing.Today podcast, and the 2016 Publicist of the Year by the Book Publicists of Southern California.

She considered a leader in such trade associations as the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and the International Association of Exposition Management (IAEM) recently renamed IAEE. She is past chairperson of the Southwestern Chapter of IAEM and was responsible for the reunification of Southern California, Las Vegas, and Arizona as one chapter.

Her company, Kathleen Kaiser & Associates (KKA), specializes in a wide range of services, including seminars, conferences, special events, publicity, marketing communications, and trade show production. It was established in 1993 as a trade show marketing and production firm focused on emerging technologies and expanded to cover sustainable practices and nonprofit organizations. In 2009, KKA moved into the literary and book publishing sphere.