ABOUT
DZANC
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or review copies of Dzanc books, please send an inquiry to: publicity@dzancbooks.org
Dzanc
Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and
champion those writers who don't fit neatly into the marketing niches
of for-profit presses. As a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, Dzanc
Books not only publishes excellent books of literary fiction,
but works in partnership with literary journals to advance their
readership at every level. Dzanc is also fully
committed to developing educational programs in the schools and has
begun organizing many such workshops and Writers In Residency programs.
The authors already signed by Dzanc are extraordinary, award winning
talents, including Roy Kesey (All Over, Oct 2007)
Yannick Murphy (In A Bear's Eye, 2008) and Peter
Markus (Bob, or Man on Boat, 2008). All Dzanc authors not only receive contracts and monetary compensation
commensurate with the best literary houses, but the personal attention
shown to each author by Dzanc - including reviews,
book tours and intimate involvement in every step of the publishing
process - clearly makes Dzanc unique.
For more information on our publishing, our work with literary journals
and educational programs, please refer to those areas of the website or
contact us with additional questions at: info@dzancbooks.org
Dzancs for checking out Dzanc Books where we
believe great writing, community involvement and education truly makes
a difference.
STAFF
Steve
Gillis – Founder and Publisher
Steven Gillis is the author of the novels Walter Falls (2003), The Weight of Nothing (2005)—both finalists for the Independent Publishers Book of the Year and ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year—and Temporary People (2008) a finalist on many year end Best Of lists. Steve's stories, articles and book reviews have appeared in over four dozen journals. A collection of Steve's stories—titled Giraffes—was published in February, 2007. A second collection of Steve's stories—titled The Principles of Landscape—will be published by Black Lawrence Press in 2011. Steve' newest novel, The Consequence of Skating, will be out in late 2010. A 3 year member of the Ann Arbor Book Festival Board of Directors, and a finalist for the 2007 Ann Arbor News Citizen of the Year, Steve taught writing at Eastern Michigan University and is the founder of 826 Michigan and the co-founder of Dzanc Books in partnership with Dan Wickett. All proceeds from Steve's writing go to Dzanc.
Contact: steve@dzancbooks.org
Dan Wickett – Executive Director and Publisher
In 2000, Dan founded the Emerging
Writers Network by reviewing Alyson Hagy’s Keeneland
and emailing the review to 21 individuals. Throughout the years,
Dan has continued to develop the EWN by adding interviews, e-panels,
and other literary reporting to the itinerary and developing
a database website for storage of these, as well as a litblog
for more daily topic discussion. The network itself currently
has over 2600 members. Dan is also a member of the Litblog
Co-op, a grouping of over 20 of the leading North American
litblog sites that brought attention to both books that might
have been overlooked, as well as to litblogs in general. An
anthology of short stories that Dan edited, Visiting
Hours,
will be published by Press 53 in late 2008. Dan is also involved
with putting together the
Ann
Arbor Book Festival.
Contact: dan@dzancbooks.org
Steven Seighman – Art Director
Steven Seighman is a graphic designer, screen printer, and several other things. In 2002
he started Monkeybicycle,
a small literary journal and Web site which, among other things,
has been represented in two editions of The Best American Nonrequired
Reading anthology (2005 and 2007). At Monkeybicycle,
he handles the editing, web management and design work, as
well as many other things. He received a
degree in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Contact: stevens@dzancbooks.org
Matt Bell – Editor, The Collagist
Contact: editor@thecollagist.com
J.A. Tyler – Editorial Intern
Vanessa Clarke – International Woman of Mystery
She has colorful hair
.
Liana Imam - Best of the Web intern
Lauren Walbridge - The Collagist intern
Current Interns
Ngoc Doan, Gabe Durham, Claire Evelyn Fields, Jonathan Fullmer, Maximus Kim, Spencer Kimball, Arley McNeney, Heather Palmer, Isaiah Peet-Blakeney, Marie Schutt, Laura Snider
DZANC EMERITUS
Keith Taylor – Editor
Interns
Michael Baccam, Amy Bowers, Elizabeth Dougherty, Aaron Fai, Natasha Stagg, Cammy Middour, Erin Mittendorf, Anna Prushinskaya, Wesley Schoenherr, Sara Steenbergh, Stephen Torres, Allorah Wyman
