Josh Young http://joshyoungauthor.com has more than 25 years experience in journalism and publishing. He has co-authored/authored 21 books, including five New York Times bestsellers, two additional Los Angeles Times bestsellers, three books that were made into TV documentaries, and sixteen books that have been ranked No. 1 in their category on amazon.com, including two novels. He has the distinction of writing books with and about leading experts in the worlds of Entertainment, Law, Science, Business, Natural History, Sports, Restaurant and Politics, including Howie Mandel, Dr. Sam Parnia, Bob Newhart, Mike Medavoy, Sir David Attenborough, Jim Belushi, paleontologist Phil Currie, survivalist Matt Graham, entrepreneur Wayne Rogers, among others.
Andrew Stuart http://www.stuartagency.com a literary agent with 20 years of publishing experience. The Stuart Agency is a full-service literary agency representing a wide range of high-quality nonfiction and fiction, from Pulitzer Prize winners and entertainment figures to journalists, public intellectuals, academics and novelists, including Rep. Ron Paul, Larry Flynt, Kathleen Parker, William Dietrich, Mike Medavoy, Michael Mcintyre and Carl Cannon, and Alan Wolfe.
Nicholas Reed http://nickreed.com is an Academy Award winning producer, former head of the movie literary department at International Creative Agency, one of the biggest talent agencies in the world, and a foremost expert in digital marketing through his company Shareability. At ICM, he represented filmmakers Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Austin Powers), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones Diary), among many other A-list talent. The (London) Sunday Times named him one of the most influential ‘Brits’ in Hollywood.
Ryan Azevedo of MediaBlitzz http://mediablitzz.com has 15 years of experience in marketing, handling product launches and promotional campaigns for Academy Awarding winning movies, best selling books, Grammy winning artists and ecommerce ventures, and is an expert in Web Site Design, Social Media Management, and Search Engine Optimization. His work has been written about in the Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur magazine.
Designer Archie Ferguson http://www.archiefergusondesign.com is an award-winning designer of book jackets, book covers and book interiors in adult trade, mass market, children’s books and art book, as well as brand identities and promotional materials for non-publishing clients. In his 30- plus year career, he has designed more than 150 books. He served as Art Director for Harper Collins from 2007-2012 and for Pantheon Books from 1999-2007.
Publishing consultant Gabriel Levinson is the founder of the indie imprint AntiBookClub https://antibookclub.com and has worked as a senior editor at Abrams Books, a boutique publisher of critically acclaimed and bestselling works in the areas of art, photography, cooking, craft, comics, interior and garden design, entertainment, fashion, and popular culture; children’s books ranging from young adult fiction to picture books to board books.
Jon Klane http://klaneco.com has made his living and his reputation as a purveyor of intellectual property working as an agent and manager in the film and television industry, putting together such films as Falling Down, Ransom, Moneyball, Menace II Society, Saving Silverman, Volcano and This Means War. He is also a WGA screenwriter and contributor to The Huffington Post.
Senior Editor Dorianne Perrucci http://www.doriperrucci.com is a journalist, editor, and collaborator of several New York Times best-selling books. She has done extensive reporting and writing on money and investing; co-authored Asset Allocation For Dummies; and contributed to seven books related to the financial crisis. Dori also has edited books in the religion and memoir/biography categories, including Anita L. DeFrantz’s My Olympic Life and Barbara Helen Bates’ Dear Jack: A Love Letter to My Son.
Designer Will Petty https://antibookclub.com is known for his impeccable, cutting-edge work. He has designed covers and interiors for more than 25 titles, including the novels Beautiful Gravity by Martin Hyatt, French Perfume by Amir Tag Elsir, Yours in Haste and Adoration: The Letters of Terry Southern, Academy Award-nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt’s graphic novel The End of the World, and My Olympic Life.
Writer Carole Markin is the author of Bad Dates: Celebrities and Other Talented Types Reveal their Worst Nights Out and More Bad Dates: Tales from the Dark Side of Love, as well as two other non-fiction books. She has produced TV projects directed by Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme, and she produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary “From Harlem to Harvard.” A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard who earned her MBA at UCLA, she also worked as a Media Investment Banker at JP Morgan.
Writer and Editor Jenna Bernstein is at the start of a dynamic career generating and curating digital and print content. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BA in English, Jenna is the co-author of Dear Jack: A Love Letter to My Son, and she worked on Trial By Fire, the autobiography of attorney Mike Burg. Jenna’s writing has appeared in Arts & Ideas Magazine, Her Campus, and Resonance.
