"After completing Bruce's Storytelling Workshop, we have the tools to truly captivate our audience. It is going to help our company tremendously."
- Jason Weaver, Branch Manager
LPL Financial Services
“I have already started to apply his tips to my presentations. Don’t miss him –- he is too much fun!”
- Ginnie Thomas, Health Advocate, H&RS, University of California at Santa Barbara
"It is with great enthusiasm that I recommend Bruce Hale as a speaker, workshop leader, visiting writer, or any role remotely related!"
- Diane Mark, Creative Writing Program Coordinator, University of Hawaii at Manoa
"Provided a valuable perspective on building client relationships through storytelling. I learned new strategies that I want to incorporate into my insurance practice."
- William "Bud" Bridgers, President, NAIFA Santa Barbara Chapter
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Bruce Hale became an author and entrepreneur in 1989 in the
single weirdest week of his life (so far).
He was working for the phone company, in the kind of job that sucks the
living soul from your body and spits it out onto the floor.
In that same week, he won three awards for his corporate
newsletter, got a raise, and discovered he only had six weeks to enjoy it. Yes, Bruce was downsized. At the same time, he was helping run a
Hawaiian gift company he'd started on the side, and he self-published his first
picture book for children.
The choice was clear: Find another corporate job, or follow
the dream of being an author. Bruce took
the leap of faith. Today, he's published
over 20 books, both through his own publishing company and through major U.S. publishers
like Harcourt and Harpercollins.
Popular Speaker
Bruce has also become an in-demand speaker, encouraging
audiences throughout North America to embrace
their passion, take creative risks, and follow their own dreams. He has given keynotes and workshops to groups
across the U.S. and Canada,
including the Surrey International Writers Conference and the prestigious Maui
Writers Conference.
A cum laude
graduate of UCLA (Economics degree), and a Fulbright Scholar (in Storytelling),
Bruce combines a background in the arts with solid business and communications
skills. His talks blend humor, warmth,
and concrete action steps that help people achieve their goals.
 Award-winning Author
Bruce's book, THE MALTED FALCON, was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe award. He received a Little d Award for Humor Writing for his book, MURDER, MY TWEET. Altogether, the Chet Gecko Mysteries series has sold over half a million books.
PerformerAs a storyteller, Bruce has appeared at Hawaii's Talk Story Festival, the L.A. Times Festival of Books, and with Honolulu Theatre for Youth.
Currently, Bruce sings with a Santa Barbara-based jazz group called VocalPoint, and with a latin jazz combo, Mezcal Martini. An experienced actor, he has appeared in numerous stage productions and in an independent movie, "The Ride," where he portrays a surfer's manager.
Bruce and his wife live in Santa Barbara, California. When not working, he loves to travel, hike, bike, and occasionally ride the waves.
Photo by Tom Musselman
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