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Bethany Mooradian (born December 15, 1975) is an American author, lecturer and internet personality. Her books include the home-based career guide I Got Scammed So You Don't Have To,[1] The Work At Home Training Program,[2] and The Mystery Shopper Training Program.

Career

After graduating from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Mooradian worked in wide variety of short-lived positions, including a number of jobs as a mystery shopper.[3] She parlayed her experiences into the 2003 book Become a Mystery Shopper. Updated editions were released in 2007 and 2009. In 2011, the book was developed into The Mystery Shopper Training Program and was released by Moreradiant Publishing both as a stand-alone book and as a book/CD-ROM set. Mooradian’s second book, the home-based job-searching guide I Got Scammed So You Don’t Have To was published in 2010 (Moreradiant) with a subsequent revision in 2012. In 2018 Moordian released The Work At Home Training Program 2018 as well as a re-release of The Mystery Shopper Training Program.[citation needed]

Website

In 2004, Mooradian created the "Queen of the Random Job" website.[3] In the years following, the site has spun off to a career-oriented site, WorkAtHomeFAQ.com, and has been publishing regular blog posts since July, 2018.[4]

Lawsuit

From 2002 to 2006, Mooradian taught Mystery Shopping classes through community education centers in the Detroit Metropolitan area using her book, Become a Mystery Shopper as the class textbook.[5] Soon after her move to Seattle in 2006, two of her former students copied Become A Mystery Shopper book to sell as they started teaching similar classes. In February 2009, Mooradian filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Michigan Eastern District Court. In July 2011, a judgment was ordered in Mooradian's favor for an undisclosed sum.[6][7]

Awards

Mooradian's The Work at Home Training Program 2018 has won a number of book awards since its publication:

  • 2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards – First Place[8]
  • Writer’s Digest 2019 Ebook Competition – First Place Overall, Non-Fiction[9]
  • San Francisco 2019 Book Awards – First Place, How-To[10]
  • Reader’s Views 2018 Book Awards – Second Place, How-To[11]
  • Reader’s Favorite 2019 Book Awards – Silver Medal, Non-Fiction Occupational[12]
  • Independent Author Network (IAN) 2019 Book Awards – Finalist, Career[13]

Mooradian's The Mystery Shopper Training Program, 2018 has won a number of book awards since its publication:

  • 2020 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards – First Place, How-To[14]
  • 2020 Writer's Digest 2020 Ebook Competition - Honorable Mention, Non-Fiction

References

  1. ^ Renee Sylvestre-Williams. "Book Review: I Got Scammed So You Don't Have To - Walletpop Canada". Walletpop.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ^ "ReviewMooradianTheWorkAtHomeTrainingProgram — BOOK BY BOOK PUBLICITY Reader Views". BOOK BY BOOK PUBLICITY. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. ^ a b "Secrets From the Queen of the Random Job - US News and World Report". Money.usnews.com. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ Mooradian, Bethany. "PRESS RELEASE" (PDF). www.queenoftherandomjob.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  5. ^ Joey Pinkney (2011-11-18). "5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Bethany Mooradian, author of I Got Scammed So You Don't Have To!". Joey Pinkney. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  6. ^ "Lawsuit Summary - Bethany Marie Mooradian et al v. Ms. Sheila Edwards et al". Rfcexpress.com. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  7. ^ "Mooradian v. Edwards et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings". Dockets.justia.com. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  8. ^ "Royal Dragonfly Contest Winners". Book Award Contests. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  9. ^ Cassandra Lipp (2019-03-20). "Announcing the 6th Annual Self-Published E-Book Awards Winners". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  10. ^ "2018-2019 Literary Awards Winners — BOOK BY BOOK PUBLICITY Reader Views". BOOK BY BOOK PUBLICITY. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  11. ^ "Reader's Views 2018 Book Awards". Book Award Contests. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  12. ^ Favorite, Randy B. Lichtman for Readers' (2019-04-30). "Book review of The Work at Home Training Program". Readers' Favorite. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  13. ^ "2019 BOTYA Winners". The Independent Author Network. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  14. ^ "Royal Dragonfly Contest Winners". Book Award Contests. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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