About this episode

Tracy Markley discusses her award-winning book and the impact of her work on stroke recovery.

In this episode of It Just Takes One, we celebrate Tracy Markley, winner of the 2025 Scriptor Publishing Group From Pen to Prose Book Award in Non-Fiction: Fitness for her book, The Stroke of an Artist. Tracy shares the story behind her work with Gary, a stroke survivor, and how that experience became the foundation for her first book. The conversation highlights the power of sharing meaningful work, the impact one story can have on readers, and Tracy’s continued mission to educate, encourage, and support others through fitness, stroke recovery, and the written word. The Stroke of an Artist, and Tracy's other books are all available on Amazon. You can find them on her bookshelf here. Website: www.tracymarkley.com Social Media: @TracyLMarkley IG: @motivate_healthyfit

People in this episode

Guest: Tracy Markley

Topics covered

• non-fiction
• fitness
• stroke recovery
• writing
• storytelling

Keywords

• Tracy Markley
• The Stroke of an Artist
• fitness
• stroke recovery
• non-fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scriptor Publishing Group

Books & works: The Stroke of an Artist

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