Who We Are

Who makes up Candlemark & Gleam, anyway? We’re a small operation, but we’re scrappy.

Mastermind

Kate Sullivan is the founder, publisher, editor-in-chief, acquiring editor, chief layout and design artist, gofer, cook, and bottlewasher. She prefers to think of herself as “Mastermind. Not evil. Mostly.” It’s probably best not to disabuse her of this notion.

Kate has worked in publishing, in one capacity or another, for the last eight years, doing everything from daily news to design, RPG editing to technical writing. When she started getting aggravated at the state of publishing on the bleeding edge of digital, she decided to do something about it. Hence, Candlemark & Gleam. Fortunately, she knew other people who wanted in on the action, and wasn’t afraid to beg, borrow, and steal to bring in some serious talent to help along the way, in the form of the…

Strunk & White Impropers

The Strunk & White Impropers are Candlemark & Gleam’s cadre of overworked, underpaid editors. These fine folks are the ones who go through manuscripts, making sure every last little thing lines up, makes sense, doesn’t include excruciating typos, and generally works. They’re the ones wielding the mighty red pens, and occasionally talking Kate down off the ledge. Truly, they are a formidable force.

Rose Martino Bigelow
Laura Duncan
Katie Freeman
Ellen Harvey
Matt Hydeman
Sarah LaBelle
Jessica Larson
Ray Stilwell
AnnaLinden Weller

Visual Types

The visual types are, naturally, the designers. Cover art, interior design and layout, typesetting, and more is under the auspices of these talented folks.

Brigid Ashwood, cover and interior design
Karen Gadient, illustrations
Rhiannon Griffiths, cover design
Chris Sobolowski, cover design