Maryann Karinch


Maryann Karinch is an American author, literary agent, and a speaker and consultant on body language. She is also known for her athletic endeavors including completion of the first Eco-Challenge and regional awards in body building and gymnastics.

Education

Karinch attended Catholic schools in Lebanon, PA and graduated valedictorian of the class of 1970 at Lebanon Catholic High School. She earned her B.A. degree in 1974 and M.A. degree in 1979, both in Speech and Drama, from The Catholic University of America. where she served as sports editor of the university newspaper during her senior year.

Career

While earning her master's degree, Karinch taught briefly at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts before becoming managing director of the New Playwrights' Theater in Washington, DC. She then served as Development Officer for Capital Children's Museum. For seven years, she was Director of Communications for the Computer and Business Equipment Industry Association, and then headed public relations activities for the Federal Systems Group of Apple, Inc. In 1993, she launched a communications consulting business and began publishing books in 1994. In 2004, she founded The Rudy Agency, a full-service literary agency, and has placed more than 150 properties with commercial publishers. As of December, 2020, she has 32 commercially published works. Karinch is also a blogger for Psychology Today.She is also listed as a senior executive at Armin Lear Press, a book publishing company.

Athletics

Karinch held top ranking in intercollegiate gymnastics in the Washington DC area from fall 1971 to spring 1973.
In 1995, she was part of a five-person team that completed the first Eco-Challenge, a 376-mile adventure race staged in southern Utah. Of the fifty teams that began the grueling ten-day event, only twenty-one officially finished the race. In 1998, she earned the status of Certified Personal Trainer with the American Council on Exercise, an accreditation she continues to carry.

Published works

  • Karinch, Maryann; Sima Dimitrijev. Trial, Error, and Success. Armin Lear Press..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Alastair Storm Browne. Cosmic Careers: Exploring the Universe of Opportunities in the Space Industries. HarperCollins Leadership..
  • Karinch, Maryann . Game Plan for Getting Published. Armin Lear Press..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Gregory Hartley. Get People to Do What You Want: How to Use body Language and Words for Maximum Effect. Red Wheel/Weiser..
  • Karinch, Maryann. Mature Sexual Intimacy: Making Menopause a Turning Point not an Ending. Rowman & Littlefield..
  • Karinch, Maryann; James O. Pyle. Control the Conversation: How to Charm, Deflect and Defend Your Position Through Any Line of Questioning. Red Wheel/Weiser..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Robert Kaluza. Deepwater Deception: The Truth About the Tragic Blowout & Perversion of American Justice. Armin Lear Press.
  • Karinch, Maryann; Jim McCormick. Body Language Sales Secrets: How to Read Prospects and Decode Subconscious Signals to Get Results and Close the Deal. Red Wheel/Weiser..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Saketh Guntupalli, MD; foreword by Camille Grammer. Sex and Cancer: Intimacy, Romance, and Love After Diagnosis and Treatment. Rowman & Littlefield..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Gregory Hartley. The Art of Body Talk: How to Decode Gestures, Mannerisms, and Other Non-Verbal Messages. Career Press..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Chris Spinelli, DO. The Vaccination Debate: Making the Right Choice for You and Your Children. New Horizon Press..
  • Karinch, Maryann; foreword by E. Peter Earnest. Nothing But the Truth: Secrets from Top Intelligence Experts to Control Conversations and Get the Information You Need. Career Press.
  • Karinch, Maryann; Trevor Crow. Forging Healthy Connections: How Relationships Fight Illness, Aging and Depression. New Horizon Press.
  • Karinch, Maryann; James O. Pyle. Find Out Anything from Anyone, Anytime: Secrets of Calculated Questioning from a Veteran Interrogator. Career Press.
  • Karinch, Maryann; John A. Biever, MD; foreword by Mark Whitacre. The Wandering Mind: Understanding Dissociation from Daydreams to Disorders. Rowman & Littlefield..
  • Karinch, Maryann; E. Peter Earnest. Business Confidential: Lessons for Corporate Success from Inside the CIA. AMACOM..
  • Karinch, Maryann; Gregory Hartley. The Most Dangerous Business Book You'll Ever Read. John Wiley & Sons..