Kristin and Leah have been making books together for a decade.

They’ve started publishing imprints; built, managed, and been members of creative teams; produced books for major publishers, beloved brands and companies, inspiring organizations, and independent authors on a mission; and they’ve forged hundreds of creative partnerships in the process.

In 2023, we decided to get back to what we truly love about publishing—making great books through creative partnerships—and we wanted to do that with nonprofits, publishers, and corporations who want to make a difference.

KRISTIN MEHUS-ROE is the former publisher of Girl Friday Books/Flashpoint Books and a packager, editor, and writer with more than twenty years of experience in publishing. She is drawn to complex projects—whether that means they are licensed, image-heavy, crash schedules, or all of those at once. She has worked with both large and small publishers, authors, organizations, and nonprofits at all stages of the publishing process. She loves to help a client identify their goals and then bring those goals to fruition through a beautiful book. Kristin lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, two kids, two dogs, and a number of fish that will not die. She is a board member of the American Book Producers Association.

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LEAH TRACOSAS JENNESS has more than twenty years of experience making books. An editor and project manager, she’s worked at Big Five publishers and developed countless projects for book packagers over the course of her career. Writing as L. T. Jenness and L. J. Tracosas, and under other pen names, she’s authored more than twenty books, including inspirational journals and adult and children’s nonfiction. She loves the publishing process from end to end: collaborating with authors and creative teams to transform a strike of inspiration into a tangible thing someone will hold in their hands and in turn be inspired by. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and son, plus two cats and a big dog. She makes books in memory of her son Miles, whose hopes and dreams were to read.