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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Ashley Lockard - Editor

Ashley's attention to detail and habit of catching errors she attributes to her mother who is a first grade teacher. Ashley worked as Editor-in-Chief for her college newspaper while attending Penn State University, earning a degree in Communications-Journalism. From there, she joined a Tax Analysis Publishing Company where she has advanced to Production Specialist and Managing Editor of their two monthly newsletters. Today, Ashley applies her language talents to CRP manuscripts and has established herself as an important part of the CRP editorial team.

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. Rogers’ elegant interior layouts add the finishing touch to CRP books.

Molly Courtright - Art Director

For over twelve years, Molly Courtright has designed graphic arts for numerous national companies. Her unique ability to capture the essence of a story with her beautiful covers has landed her in the CRP Art Director’s seat.

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.

Andrea Howe - Senior Editor

Andrea has shown a penchant for editing since high school, noting errors in books, billboards, TV newscasts, and subtitles. While studying Computer Engineering and Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, she landed a job editing for New University, the highly respected campus newspaper. She knew she had found her calling. Three months out of college, Andrea was hired as a proofreader at Bowne & Co., where after a year and a half, she was promoted to supervisor. Andrea's professional approach and drive for excellence makes her a perfect fit as Senior Editor.

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 a means for up and coming talents to get their work in print. He lives with his two cats outside of Boston.