Zibby Owens is a community builder and book trendsetter who employs purpose and authenticity to uplift voices and support emerging authors. Following the January 2025 Los Angeles fire, Zibby launched major relief efforts. To help displaced residents, she provided books from her Santa Monica bookshop inventory and secured clothing donations from dozens of brands like Citizens of Humanity, LoveShackFancy, and Draper James. Zibby also raised all funds needed to rebuild four Pacific Palisades school libraries, replenishing them with thousands of books.

Zibby curates the best books. An award-winning author of six books herself, including two bestsellers, "On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates" and "Blank: A Novel", Zibby is CEO of Zibby Media, a multi-platform literary empire that includes Zibby’s Bookshop, an independent bookstore, and the daily podcast “Totally Booked with Zibby” (formerly “Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books”).  Zibby has interviewed First Lady and Senator Hillary Clinton, First Lady Jill Biden, Alicia Keys, Natalie Portman, and hundreds of New York Times bestselling writers. Her women-led boutique publishing house, Zibby Publishing, publishes books that make readers think and feel while elevating and celebrating authors. Zibby says, “My work is informed by a strong ‘why’ which must be bigger than just getting it done. We are changing people's lives. For me, that's the currency in which I speak.” A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Zibby lives in New York (and sometimes L.A.) with her husband and her four children.