Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul by Mark Victor Hansen

In 2009, author Adeline Lee Zhia Ern was found to have plagiarized the story 'Happiness' by Sarah Provençal from Jack Canfield's Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV. New Chicken Soup for the Soul titles and sequels to existing books have been published on a regular basis since the first book came out in 1993.

Later, they published Chicken Soup for the Soul books for specific demographics, such as Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, which came out in 1997 and was a major best-seller. Īfter the success of the first book, Canfield and Hansen, with HCI, published additional, similar Chicken Soup for the Soul titles. The book was rejected by major publishers in New York but accepted by a small, self-help publisher in Florida called HCI.

Many of the stories came from members of the audience of their inspirational talks. Motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen collaborated on the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book, compiling inspirational, true stories they had heard from their audience members. The company has branched out into other categories such as food, pet food, and television programming. Today Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC continues to publish about a dozen new books per year. The books are widely varied, each with a different theme. The first book, like most subsequent titles in the series, consisted of inspirational true stories about ordinary people's lives. It is known for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is an American self-help, consumer goods and media company based in Cos Cob, Connecticut.

Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul by Mark Victor Hansen