Joy H Selak PhD

Author

Joy Selak is an author and philanthropic advisor in Austin, TX. CeeGee’s Gift is her second book and is a story of the transformative power of generosity. The novel was based on her one act play which won the San Juan Islands Playwrights Festival and was produced for the stage. CeeGee's Gift won the 2019 Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence in the YA-Coming of Age Category, was a semi-finalist for the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize and won Best Fiction for Many Books in April 2019. 

Joy's first book, You Don’t LOOK Sick! Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness was written with her physician and is a guide for navigating long term illness. USABookNews named You Don’t LOOK Sick! a Finalist for Best Health Book and it is listed as one of the 11 Best Books for Living with Chronic or Invisible Illness by Upworthy.