Kate Markland

Kate Markland is the co-author of The Adventures of Gabriel, an Amazon number one bestselling children's book series born from a court order and a Friday night FaceTime call. When a court order separated Kate from her nine-year-old son Gabriel, they had one hour a week. She asked him one question: do you want to be the hero of your own story? He said yes. Gabriel invented his sidekick Platy the Platypus, Coral Cove, and sea monster Tentaculus. Kate captured every word. Those sessions became two bestsellers. Gabriel before Gabriel was 12. Then Kate took the same question into schools. 465 children. Nine schools. 100% engagement. Every single child a became a hero of their own story. Seven self-leadership transformations were identified through Classic Grounded Theory research acr...