Alison Tugwell

Ali Tugwell is a writer, certified professional coach (CPC) and founder of Punspoken, a puns + spoken word poetry event series and WORDPLAYFEST, an up-and-coming language-lovers festival in Austin, TX.

She is the author of the Amazon #1 Bestselling book, Word Awakening: Stop Writer’s Block and Start Creating Impact Now and an Author Success Coach with selfpublishing.com.

She supports non-fiction writers in getting their books done and to Amazon #1 best-seller in a process that feels, to quote more than one client, “like falling in love.”

She has also volunteered for CreativeMornings Austin, CommunityFirst, TedX, e4Youth, is a former judge of the O.Henry Pun Off World Championships, and enjoys performing punny hip hop songs, likes sea salt on her sweets and curating solo dance party playlists.