Annika Utgaard

Annika is a TEDx alum, award-winning storyteller, and founder of Booksmith.io, a professional publishing company that provides indie authors with editing, design, distribution, and launch services that drive results and turn stories into bestsellers. She is best known for her motivational, high energy style of helping others create and publish content that brings their stories to life.

Over the years, Annika has worked with dozens of thought leaders and industry shakers, New York Times bestselling authors and Big Five Publishers. She has lived and traveled all over Europe—from Iceland to Switzerland, Norway to the UK—to learn from, and work alongside, the most innovative minds in publishing and technology.

Annika is currently based in Seattle, where she spends her time climbing, hiking, and developing technologies that make it easier and more profitable for indie authors to publish and market their books.