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Getting dumped at the altar leads to New York Times best selling book

St. Martin's Press

Cayucos resident Franz Wisner got dumped at the altar…then turned it into a career. Author of the New York Times bestselling book Honeymoon with My Brother  and How the World Makes Love, Wisner has shared his stories on Oprah, the Today Show, NPR, Vanity Fair, USA Today, and media outlets worldwide. 

Correspondent Tom Wilmer met with Franz at a coffee shop in Cayucos, California to talk about his books, travels, and what it's like to be a professional jilted groom." When not writing, Wisner teaches brand storytelling and memoir writing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Sacramento State. Wisner also runs a storytelling consultancy The Bestsellers Group that helps people pen their own stories.

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Franz Wisner on set with Oprah
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How the World Makes love book cover

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.