Erik Wesner

My name is Erik Wesner. I have visited 20 Amish communities in five states, and have met roughly 5,000 Amish families. Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive is based on 60 interviews with Amish business owners as well as experiences living and working in Amish communities from Pennsylvania to Iowa. I have contributed to Amish-themed articles for Time Magazine, CNNMoney.com, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Washington Post, and numerous other media. I researched Amish business as Snowden Fellow at the Young Center at Elizabethtown College in 2008. I have also served as a consultant for authors of Amish fiction and non-fiction. In my previous nine-year career with a Nashville publisher, I worked in management and set an international record as a salesperson. I speak frequently on radio, television, and to live audiences, and am happy to speak to the media. Feel free to email me about speaking engagements, media inquiries, or just to say hello at ewesner@gmail.com!