Amy Newmark is an author, editor, and publisher for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. She is the author of Simply Happy, which is part of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise. Newmark graduated from Harvard University and went on to work as a Wall Street analyst, a hedge fund manager, and a corporate executive in the technology field. She is married to Bill Rouhana, the CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul.