Author · Inspirational Speaker · Keynote Speaker
Books by Marcia Regina Cook
Stories of courage, resilience, responsibility, hope, and the strength to keep moving forward.
Marcia Regina Cook writes for people who know life can change without warning — and who are searching for the courage to decide what comes next. Explore her award-winning debut and discover the next chapter of her journey.
Multi Award-Winning Book
Dare to Dream With Eyes Wide Open
What if the life you want begins with recognizing the strength that has been inside you all along?
Dare to Dream With Eyes Wide Open is an invitation to stop allowing adversity, fear, disappointment, or the past to determine what happens next.
Through encouragement, reflection, personal insight, and practical perspective, Marcia Regina Cook challenges readers to awaken their inner strength, take responsibility for the direction of their lives, and move forward with courage and intention.
Award Recognition
An Award-Winning Book
Dare to Dream With Eyes Wide Open by Marcia Regina Cook has received recognition from the following book awards.
The Prestigious International Hope Book Awards
Winner
International Impact Book Awards
Winner
Booky Awards
Winner, Best Memoir Voice
The Next Book from Marcia Regina Cook
Hanging by a Thread
When life leaves you hanging by a thread, your story is not over.
Hanging by a Thread continues Marcia Regina Cook's mission of speaking to people in the moments when life feels uncertain, overwhelming, or nearly impossible.
This upcoming book explores what it means to hold on when circumstances test your strength — and how courage, hope, choice, and purpose can help you take the next step.
This is not a story about pretending life is easy. It is about discovering what can remain when almost everything else feels uncertain.
An Award-Winning Book
Hanging by a Thread by Marcia Regina Cook has received recognition from the following book award.
Booky Awards
Winner, Best Subculture Portrait
Two Books · One Continuing Message
From Daring to Dream to Finding the Strength to Hold On.
Dare to Dream With Eyes Wide Open asks you to recognize the possibilities still ahead of you.
Hanging by a Thread explores what happens when life tests that belief.
Together, they reflect Marcia's larger message:
“Your circumstances may shape part of your story, but they do not have to write the ending.”
About the Author
Meet Marcia Regina Cook
Marcia Regina Cook is a multi award-winning author, inspirational speaker, and keynote speaker whose work centers on courage, responsibility, resilience, self-worth, and purposeful living. Her message is grounded in a simple belief: where you have been matters, but the choices you make from here matter too.
Stay Connected
The book may end. The journey doesn't.
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“What if the thread you are hanging by is the same thread that has always been holding you?”
— Marcia Regina Cook
