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(Second Editor TBA)

Laurie Edwards, a former teacher and librarian, has more than 20 years of editing experience with several different publishers. Her love of YA literature led her to open Leap Books with the aim of publishing high-quality fiction for teens and tweens. Leap Books, a member of Children’s Book Council, opened on the night of the blue moon, and that magical occurrence heralded the launch of their first authors toward their dreams.

Leap Books plans to stay small and spend time promoting their authors and helping them develop their careers. There will be no mid-list authors at Leap; we only accept top-notch authors with terrific ideas and strong writing skills. Leap hopes to get teens excited and eager to read more, to encourage reluctant readers to pick up books, and to put out books with artistic appeal. At the same time, they’re looking to introduce fresh new voices to the world. More information is available on the company’s website at www.leapbks.com.

In addition to editing, Laurie also juggles a freelance writing career. Her writing credits include RIHANNA (PEOPLE IN THE NEWS) for Lucent and “Summer Storms” in SUMMER LOVIN’, an anthology from Wild Rose Press, as well as more than 1000 articles in national publications, encyclopedias, reading books, and educational databases.

Our Surge line for teens (ages 14-19) will feature paranormals, contemporaries, inspirationals, and mysteries. Our Frolic line for tweens (ages 10-14) will focus on the same categories, but we’ll be putting out lighter paranormals for this age group. We also plan to branch out with fantasy, historical, and multicultural titles. I'd be glad to hear middle grade pitches as well.

www.leapbks.com

Lawrence Knorr is the President/CEO of Sunbury Press, Inc., a publisher of trade paperback and digital books, headquartered in Camp Hill, PA, featuring established and emerging authors in many fiction and non-fiction categories. Sunbury's books are sold through leading booksellers worldwide. Sunbury started in 2004 and nearly tripled its sales in 2011 thanks to its new digital publishing business model. The company currently has about 80 authors under contract and lists over 120 titles and is always looking for new manuscripts from talented authors.

Lawrence is an author of several local history books including A Pennsylvania Mennonite and the California Gold Rush, The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey, John Fulton Reynolds - His Biography, Words and Relations, The Relations of Isaac F. Stiehly - Minister of the Mahantongo Valley and several others. All are published by Sunbury Press.

He received is MBA from Penn State University and a BA in Business and Economics from Wilson College. Lawrence currently teaches part-time in the Computer Science department at Harrisburg University. Previously, he has taught business and computer courses at Wilson College and Penn State University.

Professionally, Lawrence has worked in the Information Technology field for 29 years, including positions as CEO of NorSoft, Inc., his own consulting company, CIO of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and currently Director of Strategy Integration for Ahold USA, the grocery chain.

In his spare time, Lawrence and wife Tammi enjoy photography and digital art. They operate a photography studio West Shore Gallery, Inc., of Camp Hill. Both are award-winning photographers. As a digital artist, Lawrence is a pioneer in Digital (or Photo) Impressionism, and has shown his work across the country including New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle and many other cities. He has designed many of the book covers for Sunbury Press.

Lawrence resides in Camp Hill, PA with his wife Tammi. He has two daughters, Taylor & Abbey, a stepson, Brandon, and a stepdaughter, Cassandra.