Katya Kouptsova - Graphic Art

Katya came to the United States from her native Ukraine at the age of 9. As an aritsan, she has received a Juror Award for Best Oil Painting from the North Attleboro Museum of Art. She joined the CRP staff in July, 2005 through the internship program. She resides in southeastern Massachusetts.

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Christopher Markley - Acquisitions Editor / IT Support

Chris Markley is a former video-game developer and life-long avid reader. Serving as resident IT Tech as well as Aquisitions Editor, Chris looks for compelling manuscripts that offer keen insights into human nature, and clean writing styles that exhibit clear-crafted conveyance of complex emotions. His genres of choice are historical and philisophical non-fiction, and drama / sci-fi / fantasy fiction. He lives south of Boston.

Roger Hunt - Interior Design/Layout

Best known for his work on the Roger Ebert Movie Book series, Roger Hunt is one of the industry’s most sought after book designers. Since joining the CRP team in 2005, Rogers’ elegant interior layouts have added the finishing touch to CRP books.

Reba Hilbert - Editor

Reba Hilbert spent ten years copy editing in the corporate arena before embarking on her own path, a decision she credits in large part to the mentoring of a curmudgeonly ex-newspaper editor who recognized a fellow stickler. Reba threw in the towel and began her freelance career while balancing marriage and children, and today has a resume spanning two decades of editing experience. Mrs. Hilbert lives outside of Phoenix with her husband and two children.

Miriam Grunhaus - Cover and Interior Design

Miriam's profession is her passion. With 18 years design experience, she does not only design book covers, she is involved with anything graphic related such as corporate capability, branding, package design, point of purchase display, environmental graphics. Miriam's designs are very focused on marketing and selling the products or services she designs for.

Tejash Thapa - Social Media Specialist

Tejash Thapa is a Cambridge, MA high school senior with a predilection for social media. Tejash joined the CRP team in 2011 to handle the growing demand for social networking. Tejash is responsible for Tweeting/facebooking/Youtubing author news and events, as well as posting author videos and other social duties. Taught from a young age with the same drive that drew his parents to immigrate from Nepal to America to provide a better life for their children, Tejash strives for excellence in everything he does.

Karen Adams - Editor

Laurie McAdams - Art Director

Laurie McAdams is the founder of Northern Creative Mind, Inc. a design firm providing a range of creative services since 1999. Laurie earned a degree in Mechanical Drafting from Delta College in Michigan and followed with her formal education at the George Ade University where she earned her Idiomatic Degree in Graphic Design. Today, Laurie designs covers and interiors for CRP's rapidly expanding line of rock & roll titles.

Jessica Colon-Campbell - Cover Design

Jessica Colon-Campbell lives in the St. Louis Metro area with her husband of 6 years and their two year old daughter. Jessica studied creative writing and graphic design at Drury University and has over five years experience as a graphic designer.

Jonathan Womack - Editor-in-Chief / Publisher

jwomack@charlesriverpress.com

Jonathan Womack comes from an entrepreneurial family of writers. In 2003, faced with the many obstacles of conventional publishing routes, Jonathan created a publishing company that would serve as a production/marketing conduit for his family's books, and provide gifted writers snubbed by the big houses an opportunity to get their work in print. In 2004, Jonathan's brother Steven and his wife Debbie acquired a second pub, Whiskey Creek Press, which now boast over 500 authors and 850 titles. Jonathan lives with his two cats outside of Boston where he is at work on his fourth novel, Ram I Am.