Selected Publishing
Highlights
Over the years, I've developed and championed books across popular culture, entertainment, food, humor, lifestyle, gift, photography, and illustrated publishing.
Highlights
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![Book cover titled 'Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist' by Tim Federle, featuring an illustration of a mockingbird perched on a cocktail glass.]()
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist
Raise a glass to Tequila Mockingbird, the bestselling literary cocktail guide pairing iconic novels with classic and cutting-edge drink recipes—no English degree required.
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![Book cover titled 'Feminist Ryan Gosling: As Imagined Feminist Theory from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude' by Danielle Henderson. Features a portrait of a young man with light brown hair, wearing a gray textured jacket, smiling with his hand under his chin, against a blue background.]()
Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory (as Imagined) from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude
Based on the popular blog of the same name, Feminist Ryan Gosling pairs swoon-worthy photos of the sensitive, steamy actor with feminist theories to the delight of women (and more than a few of their mothers) everywhere.
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![Cover of a children's book titled "Bee & Me," illustrated with a bee flying around a person in a bee costume sitting on a large orange flower, with other colorful flowers and flying bees in the background.]()
Bee & Me: An Animotion Experience by Elle J. McGuinness
When a boy finds a bee trapped in his bedroom he hides in fear. But when the friendly bee explains how helpful bees are, he learns that great things sometimes come in little, buzzing packages.
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![Cover of a book titled 'Sharon Tate Recollection' featuring a close-up photograph of Sharon Tate's face with her eyes open and makeup, with the author's name, Debra Tate, and a foreword by Roman Polanski.]()
Sharon Tate: Recollection
Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her generation, Sharon Tate remains a fascinating pop icon and a poster child for the 1960s. What struck most about Sharon was her gentle nature and the sheer perfection of her face, but she was far more than just a beauty.
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![Black and white cover of 'Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950' featuring a man and woman in a close pose, with the man wearing a light-colored shirt and the woman wearing dark gloves and dress.]()
Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 (Turner Classic Movies)
You know film noir when you see it—the shadowed setting, the cynical detective, the femme fatale, and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.
I also developed and championed a broad range of new gift formats.
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![Cover of a book titled "Charles Dickens: The Complete Novels in One Sitting" featuring a sketch of Charles Dickens smoking a pipe.]()
Charles Dickens: The Complete Novels in One Sitting
Get to know this collection of Charles Dickens's great literature now in a tiny pocket-sized edition perfect for poring over while sipping tea!
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![Book cover titled 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking', with a subtitle about authentic French dishes in American kitchens, authors Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck, including a small painting of French food, and a red band labeled 'Journal' at the bottom.]()
Mastering the Art of French Cooking Journal
Write down favorite recipes, dinner party notes, or thoughts of any kind in this journal, featuring the original cover design from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, one of the most influential cookbooks in American culinary history.
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![A boxed cheese product with a slice of cheese, surrounded by informational cards about different types of cheese, including Camembert and Grafton.]()
Cheese Deck: A Connoisseur's Guide to 50 of the World's Best
As the maître fromager of New York City's acclaimed Picholine restaurant, Max McCalman has selected, tasted, and studied hundreds of cheeses, serving them to thousands of cheese lovers.
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![Book cover titled 'Be Joyful' by Charles M. Schulz features Snoopy and Woodstock from Peanuts drawing a Christmas stocking on a tree. The cover has a festive color scheme with a decorative border on the left and gold accents in the top right and bottom right corners.]()
Peanuts: Be Joyful: Peanuts Wisdom to Carry You Through
Many will agree that it is never really Christmas without the Peanuts gang! Beloved for generations, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and friends share their best Christmas moments in this heartwarming collection of quotes and illustrations from the classic comics.
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![Book cover with a colorful gradient background in pink, orange, and purple shades. The title reads "Love, Inside & Out" in large, multicolored text. Subtitle states "A Journal for Creating a Kinder World" in smaller, red text.]()
Love, Inside and Out: Thoughtful Practices for Creating a Kinder World
Choose to love yourself, your life, your partner, your pet, your neighbor, and the people you share a world with. This is a journal about the power of kindness and you’re the author.
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![Colorful book cover with pink, yellow, and watercolor splash background. The title reads 'seventeen college guides' in pink and black text, with the subtitle 'An insider's guide to finding and getting into a school you'll love' in pink.]()
Seventeen: College Goals: An Insider's Guide to Finding and Getting Into A School You'll Love
That’s where Seventeen’s College Goals comes in. This stress-free guide—part-planner, part journal—will help walk you through the step-by-step process of applying to colleges.
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![Book cover for 'The Art of Fashion Journal' by Eila Mell, featuring an illustration of a fashionable woman in a long coat, striped shirt, and wide-leg pants, holding a red purse, with a grid background.]()
The Art of Fashion - A Journal: Inspirations to Help You Achieve Your Most Stylish Life
The Art of Fashion provides the in-depth information, guidance and space for creating a fully functional fashion look best suited to your personality and body type.
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![Cover of a journal titled "The Night Dream" with a background featuring a night sky with stars, a crescent moon, clouds, and a landscape at the bottom. The journal has a decorative blue and red binding with a ribbon on the right side.]()
The Night Dream: A Journal
Beautifully designed but authoritative journal featuring meaningful prompts, quotes, and an abridged dream dictionary in the back, with over 200 descriptions of typical images and symbols that appear in dreams. Featuring spot illustrations of birds, stars, butterflies, flowers, and leaves on tea stained pages.
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![Cover of a journal titled "Silver Linings: A Journal for Navigating Life's Challenges" with a floral and leaf design in pastel colors.]()
Silver Linings: A Journal for Navigating Life's Challenges
Using a combination of lined pages, bullets, and blank pages, with quotations matched with related prompts, this beautifully designed journal will help readers find the bright sides of the worst situations.
FEATURED BOOK
Tequila Mockingbird
Occasionally a single project illustrates the combination of creative and commercial instincts particularly well.
Tequila Mockingbird began with an initial 5,000-copy print run. I believed the concept had substantially greater potential and pushed hard within the company to increase our commitment to it. The numbers felt aggressive at the time, but I was convinced the market was there.
The book went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies and continues to perform more than a decade later.
What stays with me isn't simply that the book became a bestseller. It's the importance of recognizing when an idea has more potential than the conventional expectations surrounding it — and being willing to advocate for that opportunity.
