Publishing Participants
Josef Beery is a Charlottesville graphic artist and printmaker adept in the arts of the book both traditional and digital. He prepares books and publications for a number of publishers as well as fundraising materials for various educational institutions.
Genre:Publishing
Jenny Bent, after a 15-year career in publishing, founded the Bent Agency in 2009. There, she's continued to represent both commercial and literary fiction, as well as humor and memoir, with three authors on the New York Times bestsellers list since her door opened in March.
Genre:Publishing
Carleen Brice
Children of the Waters
Carleen Brice is a blogger and author of several nonfiction books as well as the novels Orange Mint and Honey and Children of the Waters.
Genres:Fiction, Publishing
Paula Chase
Flipping the Script
Paula Chase is the author of Flipping the Script, So Not the Drama, and others in the Del Rio Bay series which helped launch the Kensington Books YA line for multi-culti suburbanite teens. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters.
Genres:Fiction, Publishing, Family
Meredith Cole
Posed for Murder
Meredith Cole won the St. Martin's/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery competition, and her book Posed for Murder was published in 2009. Her second book in the Lydia McKenzie series, Dead in the Water, comes out in May 2010.
Genre:Publishing
Erin L. Cox joined Rob Weisbach Creative Management in June 2009, where she develops and represents writers for the company, provides publicity expertise to company clients, offers individualized publicity and promotion services for outside clients, and works with corporate clients.
Genre:Publishing
Dan Doernberg is the President and Founder of Fairness.com LLC, whose NowComment online commenting software was recently adopted by UVA. He founded Silicon Valley's Computer Literacy Bookshops chain and also runs a small computer book publishing company.
Genre:Publishing
Bonnie Doerr
Island Sting
Bonnie J. Doerr is the author of Island Sting, a YA eco-mystery set in the Florida Keys. A former science and reading teacher, her children's book, Kenzie's Key was used in environmental education and her work has been included in Milkweed editions literary field guide, The Gulf Coast.
Genres:Publishing, Family
Emily Ecton
Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments
Emily Ecton, author of Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments and Boots and Pieces, is a writer and producer for the NPR news quiz, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! She grew up in Virginia.
Genres:Publishing, Family
Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Josias, Hold the Book
Jennifer Elvgren is the author of Josias, Hold the Book, the recipient of the 2007 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Elvgren's children's fiction has appeared in Highlights, Ladybug, and Spider magazines.
Genres:Publishing, Family
Kathryn Erskine
Mockingbird
Kathryn Erskine is the author of several books for young people, including the critically acclaimed novels, Mockingbird and Quaking. She tackles difficult subjects inspired by real events to encourage readers to think, hope, and find their own way.
Genres:Fiction, Publishing, Family
Matthew Friedman has been in book production for more than 15 years as a cover designer, typesetter, editor, and web designer for books ranging from bestsellers to self-published independents. He founded Kindle Wizards, which produces high-end e-book conversions.
Genre:Publishing
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