Client Testimonials

“Hi, I’m Jon Wiener. I spent almost five years working on a book on LA in the sixties. When it finally came out, I wanted help in getting the word out. So I went to work with Nanda. She knows a lot of people who review books, publish book reviews, and host book events online. I was really impressed. And one thing leads to another.

“Hello. My name is Farah Jasmine Griffin and I’m the author of Read Until You Understand: Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature. I first met Nanda of Coriolis when my book was about to be published. She’d been highly recommended to me. Nanda read the book, was so engaged, and had such wonderful things to say. And I also felt like she really got the book on a deep level. So, she understood what I was trying to do. And she immediately went to work with ideas about how to present my work to various audiences that I wanted to reach. So, I signed up with her and I did not regret it.

“Nanda Dyssou is a dynamo. I highly recommend Nanda and the dynamic team at Coriolis to any publisher or author looking for top-notch book publicity. Nanda is hard-working, conscientious, clear in her communication, and deeply knowledgeable about the media landscape. She’s also a joy to work with.”

“Hey, this is Jody Armour. A USC Law Professor and Author. I turned to the Coriolis Company, and specifically to Nanda, to help me promote a provocative book with an edgy title. Many ‘experts’ and the publishing industry shied away from both the book and its title because they thought it was too race-y and too hard-hitting. But Nanda welcomed the challenge, rose to the occasion, and made it the #1 new release in three different categories, and helped it make the list of the best books of 2020 for the Kirkus Reviews. If you wanna maximize the chances that your book would get read and recognized, go to Nanda.”

“I won’t sugarcoat it. Working with Nanda can be challenging because she has a way of nudging you beyond your comfort zone and pushing you to your growth edge. What set Nanda and the Coriolis team apart was their knack for reshaping my perspective on publicity and marketing. It wasn’t about my “brand.” It was about identifying my values, articulating what I stood for, and finding ways to communicate that effectively through events, social media, and my website. This approach allowed people to grasp my message.”

“I’m Marlene Daut, a professor of French, African-American Studies and History at Yale University and the author of The First and Last King of Haiti – The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe. Working with Nanda and her team was one of the best decisions I made while promoting The First and Last King of Haiti.

In a crowded and often overwhelming book marketplace, Nanda made sure that my work didn’t just get noticed, but that it would resonate with the right audience. She understood the book, she believed in it, and that made all the difference to me. Nanda has a unique ability to speak the language of editors and producers in a way that makes them actually listen. I was consistently amazed by the results she was able to generate: local radio, television, and thoughtful media placements.

“Hello. My name is Albert Litewka, and I’m Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Los Angeles Review of Books. It’s my pleasure to provide this testimonial on behalf of Nanda Dyssou. Nanda has been the publisher for LARB books for a number of years. She’s been very effective in every way from her strategic thinking to her tactical plans to implementation. Nanda is highly intelligent, thoughtful, creative, organized, responsible, reliable, a good collaborator, and always on top of the business’ hand. We would recommend her highly to anyone in need of book marketing, branding, publicity, and the like. Thank you.”

“As authors, we put so much time, energy and labor into writing our books that we often overlook the importance of promoting them and everything that this entails. From our first conversation, Nanda conveyed a genuine excitement about my book and its potential which was infectious. Along with developing a brilliant marketing campaign, she empowered me to be my biggest cheerleader. Nanda and everyone at Coriolis truly care about the authors they work with. They have an incredible team of dedicated experts who are fully invested in your success. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to partner with them.”

“Nanda and Coriolis do a fantastic job of making your newly self-published book visible, especially on social media and the blogosphere. She is knowledgeable and keeps pace with the latest developments in publishing. She takes infinite trouble to make readers aware of your work. And she is so personable and fun to work with. I wholeheartedly recommend her to any author wanting to get their work noticed.”

“Hello. I’m Tara Green. And I am very happy to be able to have this opportunity to thank Nanda for the work that she and her company have done to promote my two books, See Me Naked Black Women During the Interwar Era and Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar Nelson. Because of the work that she did to get the word out just a month before the Alice Dunbar Nelson book was published, Nanda started immediately.

“I was fortunate to have Nanda Dyssou of Coriolis assigned as my publicist, and that change has been dramatic. Nanda is a consummate professional. She helped me develop a social media presence I never had before. She has done everything possible to make sure Migrations reached the people that needed to read it.

“Hello, my name is Dr. Obery Hendricks, and I like to share a few about Nanda Dyssou and Coriolis. I worked with Nanda on my book Christians Against Christianity. And I must say, her work is just extraordinary. She is a gem apart from being a wonderful person. Her work is so diligent. I got to tell you in the middle of COVID, she worked so hard for my book that I had so many outlets, and so many book events, that I was just getting exhausted. Others were complaining that COVID was killing them, but Nanda just worked so hard to get my book out there.

“My name is Shonda Buchanan, and I’m the author of Black Indian and Who’s Afraid of Black Indians? and several other books. So, do you need a book publicist? Let me tell you my story. I did have a publicist who I love prior to my book publication. Yet, I was looking for someone to help me with my book after publication. I met and immediately liked the founder and owner of Coriolis Company, Nanda Dyssou, at a book event for my memoir Black Indian.

“I really appreciated how open Nanda was to my needs, and all the great advice she gave. I learned so much from the process. Angel was incredible with events. I think Coriolis is ahead of the game online in understanding the attention economy and packaging our work/appearances into bite-sized assets.”

“My name is Shaun Anderson, and I’m the author of “The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement, and The Age of #BlackLivesMatter.” And I booked an initial consultation with Nanda, and from the way that she got down to business with describing the trajectory of my work. I became hooked with her process. In six months, my book went from a great idea to debuting number one in multiple categories. She also put me with so many major media appearances and podcast interviews that I had to even turn some of them down. We both live in Los Angeles, so she even coordinated and appeared at my book launch. This is how hard she works for you. So if you want a publicist that takes the time to understand your work, coaches you on how to conduct media interviews and keeps you busy, neither her team is the way to go. Book her now.”

“The speed with which Nanda Dyssou and her staff turn around their high-quality work product as well as their responsiveness to me and my publisher has made my experience a thoroughly delightful one.“

“Nanda Dyssou and Coriolis went above and beyond. A wonderful experience.”

“My name is Ashanti Anderson, and I’m the author of the poetry chapbook Black Under. I believe I have the honor of being Nanda’s first chapbook client. And marketing a poetry chapbook can be extremely challenging. But if you ask me, Nanda knocked it out of the park. I stayed booked and busy, and people all around the world are talking about my book. And it’s thanks to Nanda and to Coriolis.”

“Your team is very impressive, Nanda! I’ve been just delighted with each week’s updates of new bites and coverage interest. The campaign you’ve charted directly corresponds with the aspirations we set at the start, and I’m excited to be working with you all.”

“Coriolis has been with me every step of the way from pitching my book to various media outlets, redesigning my website, giving all of my materials a fresh professional look and providing media training. I couldn’t have done any of this without Nanda and her team!”

“Nanda Dyssou and the Coriolis team have been great!  They get real results! Nanda is creative, persistent, and well-connected. It is clear that she cares a lot about me, my book, and about justice for Black children!”

“Hi there. I’m Ed Cohen I’m a professor of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University. I’m the author of most recently On Learning to Heal or What Medicine Doesn’t Know. And I also am a psychagogue. I have a therapeutic practice for people with chronic and life threatening illnesses called Healing Counsel, which is also part of this project.

“One of the best career decisions I’ve ever made is investing in myself by investing in PR support. My name is Decoteau Irby. I’m a creator, activist, musician, educator, and author of several books, including Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership, Dignity Affirming Education, and a children’s picture book, Magical Black Tears: A Protest Story. You can learn about my books and much more at my website decoteauirby.com, which exist because of my friends and supporters at Coriolis Company.

“I learned so much working with Nanda. I hired her because I wanted to promote my book and did not want to do it myself. However, she taught me about the importance of my role in the process. She trained me in how to talk about my book, offered guidance on how to engage in social media, and provided feedback on my website. She also scheduled me to speak at a range of events and podcasts and to write op eds to reach multiple audiences. She not only created opportunities for me to promote my book but helped me understand the process in ways I had never considered. Her goal is not for us to depend on her but to learn and be self-sufficient and empowered in the process of promoting our work and ideas.”

“Nanda was incredible to work with. She saw our project in ways that spoke to our experiences as Black women and to the communities we wanted to reach.  She was so committed and dedicated to our project and truly believed in what we were doing and what our book was capable of. She was creative in her approach to marketing our book and the outlets we spoke to became the people who became the ground soldiers pushing and selling our book. I would absolutely work with her again. We left our book tour feeling full.”

“Nanda and her team are simply amazing. They anticipate what your book needs before you can, providing your book with a critical advantage.”

“When Nanda Dyssou and her team take on a project, they work relentlessly and effectively to maximize exposure for the publication, especially on social media. Nanda is imaginative in finding angles of interest for even unlikely subjects. She’s a champ and will make you feel like one as well.”

“I was on a cover of a magazine. I was interviewed on TV Asia. I have been on so many podcasts, and it’s really because of Nanda and her outreach. Her team supported me along the way for in-person events that I did in New York City, which is where I’m from. And so I highly recommend working with Nanda and her team.”

“I would strongly recommend Nanda and Coriolis to anyone ready and eager to participate in an active book promotion campaign. You will be busy – and you will have a lot of fun.”

“As a creative nonfiction writer, I have achieved most working artists’ dream — creating a uniquely personal work turning my anguish into art that touches on the biggest of big issues, gun violence. Since 2012, I have secured and received over $100,000  in various forms of funding and support, which has provided more ammunition towards developing and creating my forthcoming and gut-wrenching  memoir Shootin’ Range, inspired by the iconic rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur. I’ve also received local and regional press in several states regarding Shootin’ Range.

“Nanda and her team are truly exceptional! Their expertise and dedication were invaluable in bringing my book to completion and ensuring successful marketing and promotion. With their unwavering commitment, they were able to tailor their services to my ever-changing business focus and goals, delivering precisely what I needed when I needed it. I cannot emphasize enough how highly I recommend them! In fact, I have already referred multiple friends and colleagues to their exceptional services.”

“You’ve heard me wax poetic about my beloved publisher and editors, but today’s shoutout goes to the woman and her company who served as my external publicist: Nanda Dyssou, founder of Coriolis Company. I met Nanda at a pre-pandemic reading at Beyond Baroque, when she was representing the wonderful Shonda Buchanan. Shonda generously introduced us. I was still in the middle of book editing, but Nanda said to me after the reading: ‘I will be your publicist.’

“Nanda and her team were enthusiastic champions of our work. They took the time to really get to know us and our book, and were creative problem solvers committed to getting it to the most readers possible.”

“Collaborative. Insightful. In front. Nanda and the Coriolis team were great partners as they used their expertise and guidance to help me self-publish, market, and get in front of my target readers!”

“Nanda Dyssou excels at what she does, keeping in touch in a regular and informative way, having a sensitive response to one’s work that translates into fine press releases and other useful prose, and especially in podcasts. Podcasts are a world I had not known, and with Nanda, I had many for my recent book, ‘I’VE BEEN WALKING: Janet Sternburg Los Angeles Photographs.’ They were all very useful in getting the word out.”

“The Coriolis team is knowledgeable and able to answer all questions in a fun, upbeat, helpful way. I highly recommend them.”

“Hi, there! Linda here. I just want to say a quick thank you to Coriolis Company for the tremendous help they provided with my forthcoming novel. These guys are the best an author could ask for. They know publishing and book marketing, a to z, and use methods of work today. Not ten years ago, like some other companies I spoke to before finding out about them from a Facebook author group. I’ve been working with them on an hourly basis periodically, and they’ve helped me develop a marketing plan that I know will really work. So thanks, Coriolis. Highly recommended.”

“Hi there. This is Scott Finz, and I’m an aspiring comedy writer. I contacted Coriolis, and they were really good, especially Nanda. I spoke to Nanda. If you’re wanting to self-publish your book and you’re like me, all you want is to write the book and get to be famous and sign autographs, and the space in between is none of your business. You don’t really care, you just want someone to take care of it. It’s best that you know where you are going, what you are doing, and have some serious help from someone who is a professional. So, go see them. Talk to Nanda and enjoy.”

“Hi! I’m Neda. I recommend Coriolis Company if you’re new to publishing because Nanda can explain everything efficiently. And she’s so encouraging that you’ll feel like you finally have an understanding of the industry. Thanks, Coriolis!”

“Hi! I’m Steve. I just want to say that Nanda Dyssou and her Coriolis team made a huge difference for me. From the very first day. I had the sense that they really listened to what I wanted to achieve with my book and were ready to move mountains to help me to get there. They truly wanted me to succeed. Nanda took a very targeted approach and led me through all the steps.

“Hi! I’m Joan, and I had a dream and a picture in my head of what I wanted to do with my book. But I didn’t know how to start. I knew that I needed an author platform. And that marketing and publicizing the book would be important. But as a self-publisher, I didn’t have the backing of a publishing company. And as a new author, no one knew me. I had no social media profile except Facebook with a few friends. Luckily, one of my friends recommended Coriolis Company.

“Hi, I’m Jake. A fitness professional living in Los Angeles. I’m currently writing a guidebook about safety and effectively exercising at home. So in August, I booked three consultations with Nanda to talk about one: self-releasing my book as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Two: building out my social media presence and website and starting a mailing list. Three: making a plan for marketing the book. When I’m done writing the book, I’ll be hiring Coriolis because Nanda knows how to help a first-time author feel comfortable. If you’re thinking of self-publishing. Go with Coriolis. They’re the best.”