“When you have cancer, it's like you enter a new time zone: the Cancer Zone. Everything in the Tropic of Cancer revolves around your health or your sickness. I didn't want my whole life to revolve around cancer. Life came first; cancer came second.”

American author, inspirational speaker and newspaper columnist

Regina Brett is an American author, inspirational speaker, and newspaper columnist. She writes for The Cleveland Jewish News and is known for work that reaches readers through syndicated columns. Her debut book, God Never Blinks, was translated into 24 languages. She has also written nine books for the Polish market, and those books have sold 900,000 copies. Her later book, 52 Words That Will Change Your Life … One Week at a Time, was released in October 2025.