Our Team
Brandalyn Gill is our premiere self-published author who has sold over 2,000 copies of her book, "Life: A Book of Short Stories and Poems" at the age of 18. She was a child prodigy, graduating from homeschool with Honors and a 4.0 GPA - the youngest graduate in her class; the same year, she was awarded State Champion in Karate by the Amateur Organization of Karate. She has been endorsed by the Houston Independent School District School District as of 2012 for her speaking to students of at-risk behavior. She establishing her publishing company Illumination Literary Publishing Company in 2011 to begin publishing her own books her own way. She is a mother, an entrepreneur, actress, cinematic writer, advanced researcher, and activist. Her newest title "High Society: A Tell All" is an explicit account explaining her disappearance from her professional life because of drug addiction, crime, violence, toxic intimate and social relationships, and alcohol misuse. She now has many years sober and looks forward to sharing her story with the world, changing one life at a time through speech and the written word.
Sinai Gill is an exceptional child who – as a pre-teen – joined Illumination Literary Publishing Company to follow in her mothers’ footsteps and become our YOUNGEST youth motivational speaker-in-training, the Chief Communications’ Officer of Youth Services and a creative inspiration. Sinai did not hesitate to “jump right in” to what the company needed and be an example to other youths that you can be a young entrepreneur, excel in school and extra-curricular. She represents disadvantaged youths and kids participating in the workforce as a way to further develop the young mind and prepare it for the perils and challenges in life. At her young age, Sinai has endured many things spoken about in her mothers’ debut book, “High Society: A Tell All”. She has exemplary courage and wherewithal, unmatched by other children. She knows what she wants to do with her life and embodies all of the principles of Illumination Literary. She may not be an adult, but she is mature, has a sound mind, and a firm connection with God. She came in with a loan to the company further the business and is READY to show the world what she has !
Larry Carter is a seasoned substance abuse counselor and director of eight years, while working at the late Push Up Foundation for at-risk addicts and alcoholics. He has performed many works with the Texas Department of Corrections and Justice and a plaque of his achievements still hangs on their wall. Larry has over thirty years sober and has raised two female children on his own. He has been an avid pillar in his community of Northeast Austin and has assisted many addicts and alcoholics in their path to sobriety, clarity of mind, and peace within themselves. Now, in his Golden Ages, he is branching out to become even more of a better person by sharing his story with any platform that allows - specifically jails, hospitals, and institutions; it is an inside job.