Reserve today for multiple best-selling author Judi Hollis, Ph.D., who will visit the IWOSC Westside Satellite, on March 20, 12:30 Pacific on Zoom. And fasten your seatbelt, as she'll share her insights candidly â gleaned from a writer's journey that has lasted decades. Los Angeles, CA | March 12, 2021. When you read From Bagels to Buddha, a memoir by best-selling author Judi Hollis PhD, you may notice essential qualities that help fuel author success â grit, tenacity and egotism. The fun part is that she shares these aspects of herself in the book with humor and self-awareness. Â What else leads to long-term author success? "You've got to be a tiger mom about your book," she advises, "Because nobody cares about it as much as you do."