President

Warren Martin

president@stlouispublishers.org

Vice President

Andrew Doty

vp@stlouispublishers.org

Secretary

Michael DePung

secretary@stlouispublishers.org

Treasurer

Linda Austin

treasurer@stlouispublishers.org

Membership Chair

Peggy Nehmen

membership@stlouispublishers.org

Webmaster

Kevin Ericson

webmaster@stlouispublishers.org

Board Member at Large

Pat Dorsey

Board Member at Large

Warren Martin

Warren Martin often tells people that he doesn’t know what he wants to do when he grows up.  In 2012 he published his first fiction book Forgotten Soldiers and currently teaches business and leadership related courses for Norwich University and Bryan University. After a 21-year career in the Army, Warren transitioned into business operations and later business ownership. During recent years he has been focusing on academic pursuits, writing, and serving and supporting various organizations.  In addition to being a Board Member for the SLPA, Warren is a member of the St. Louis and Missouri Writers Guilds and the American Legion and serves as president for the area chapter of the Special Forces Association. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Green Beret Foundation.

http://www.warrenmartinbooks.com/

Andrew Doty

Andrew Doty began publishing poetry at the age of 16, then earned a degree in creative writing before pursuing a career as an editor. Through his editing company, Editwright, he provides comprehensive editorial services (developmental editing, substantive editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading) to independent authors, small publishers, and professional companies. His portfolio includes both bestselling books and celebrity authors. In addition to incessant reading and editing, Andrew continues to write and publish poetry as well as create and record music. 

Mike DePung writes fiction, poetry, and essays when he is not working as an educational consultant. He involves himself as a philanthropist in various organizations: Pencils of Promise (education), Kids Helping Kids, Stray Rescue and ASPCA. As a family man, he seeks the welfare of his wife, children, and grandchildren.

Linda Austin

Linda Austin became an advocate for life writing and memoir after writing and publishing her mother’s memoir, Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, of growing up in Japan around WWII. She has since written and published Poems That Come to Mind, about caregiving, and a Korean War veteran’s memoir, Battlefield Doc. She encourages life writing via her website http://moonbridgebooks.com and advises on indie-publishing and social media marketing.

Peggy Nehmen

Peggy Nehmen is a book designer, veteran graphic designer and marketing consultant has a love of typography, book design, and all things creative. Nehmen-Kodner provides branding and marketing for indie authors, start-ups, and established companies. Peggy helps authors through the design process to produce customized book covers and interiors. www.n-kcreative.com

Kerri Holloway is an independent editor, copywriter, and program facilitator with over 20 years’ experience streamlining communications and coordinating events for authors, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and Christian ministries.  As the principal of Successful Improvements, her personal goal is to manage the details and keep the entire process organized.  From walking an author through the editing process to creating a brochure or special event script, she specializes in transforming ideas into a polished, effective message. 

She provides full-service editing for manuscripts in the following genres:  Adult (nonfiction)—Christian/ministry, women, family, autobiography/memoir, journal, poetry; and Youth (fiction and nonfiction)—simple illustrated, early readers, elementary.
https://www.successful-improvements.com/

 Kevin Ericson

One hundred years ago Kevin Ericson’s Swedish Grandfather crossed the Atlantic aboard the Lusitania. He wrote about coming to America in a series of newspaper columns titled Till Amerika that were published in a Swedish newspaper. Kevin recently inherited copies of the articles and is working on translating them and compiling them into a book.   

Jo Lena Johnson, the AG Resilience Coach, is a certified mediator, international trainer, acclaimed author, founder of Absolute Good Training and Life Skills Management, and publisher of Mission Possible Press. She has taught 100,000 people worldwide with her no-nonsense and dynamic approach, with messages of how to effectively communicate, manage conflict, and maintain resilience, even after something bad happens.

Kevin Desrosiers’ passion in life is to challenge himself and others to be the best they can be. He developed this passion when he saw his dad make sacrifices and overcome obstacles to improve the quality of his family’s lives. Kevin is a retired team lead, two-time Distinguished Toastmaster, and has served as a mentor for people in all walks of life. Kevin has delivered keynotes in Australia, South Africa, and in several cities across the United States.

     Pat Dorsey     

Patrick Dorsey has spent his career as a professional business writer helping people and businesses tell their stories. A natural storyteller his whole life, he began creating his own books in first grade by stapling together crayoned pages. He's a St. Louis native in all but birthplace and holds a degree in English from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. In 2013, he released his adventure novel GOD'S FORGE through Legendary Planet -- his first book published without either a stapler or crayons.