Roy H. Williams
New York Times and three-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author
Roy H. Williams—owner of Wizard of Ads, Inc., now with nine branch offices in the US, Canada, and Australia— serves the advertising and marketing needs of business owners around the globe. Roy is also shareholder, advisory board member, and strategic partner of Future Now, Inc.
A lifelong student of humanity, Roy has spent a quarter-century asking, “What makes people do the things they do?” For more than 15 years, Roy has been using the things he’s learned to stimulate miraculous growth for his small business clients, which have owner-operated businesses with sales volumes between one million and twenty million dollars a year.
A constant source of entertainment, Roy’s books and Monday Morning Memos bring fascination to all his students and friends around the globe. In 1998, his first book, The Wizard of Ads, was voted Business Book of the Year. In 1999, his second book, Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads, a New York Times bestseller, was also named the Wall Street Journal’s number one Business Book in America. Late in 2001, the third book in the trilogy, Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads reached bestseller status, as well. He wrote a fascinating fourth book, Accidental Magic, a tightly condensed anthology of writing tips and insights and artistic examples provided by 106 of his amazing protégés. A powerful allegory aimed directly at the heart of the reader, Free the Beagle, the Wizard’s first fiction book, was released October 18, 2002