Jessica Powers. Publisher, Editor, Marketing Guru, and General Girl Friday. She is both the Grand Master and the Padawan, both the mistress and the maid. In her other life, Jessica is a young adult author of multiple books. She writes under the name J.L. Powers and her author websites include www.jlpowers.net and www.powerssquared.com. She also works as a publicist for Cinco Puntos Press (www.cincopuntos.com). You can reach her at jlpowers [at] catalystpress [dot] org.
Ashawnta Jackson lives in Brooklyn, NY. She’s a reader, writer, and editor. If you can’t find her, she’s probably at the record store hoarding all the new wave. She is the Marketing Manager for Catalyst Press and can be reached at publicity [at] catalystpress [dot] org.
Tsepo Dube. Social Media and Publicity Specialist. Tsepo lives in greater Johannesburg, South Africa, where he and his family own and run a community newspaper and a business related publication.
Jill Bell. Copy-editor and Production Manager. Jill grew up in the Indianapolis, IN area and received her education (B.A. English Lit.) from Purdue University and the University of Texas at El Paso after she relocated to Texas in the year 2000.
In 2016, she landed an internship at El Paso’s Cinco Puntos Press where she discovered her love of copy-editing. She’s now thrilled to be working as a copy-editor and production manager for Catalyst Press!
SarahBelle Selig is Catalyst Press’ South African office head and publicist. From reading submissions and writing metadata to liaising with booksellers and literary media, she pops in at various parts of the Catalyst publishing process and is increasingly undecided about which “hat” is her favorite. A North Carolina native, SarahBelle moved to South Africa in 2019, recently wrapped up her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town, and writes occasionally for World Literature Today.
Please contact us by email at info [at] catalystpress [dot] org or by phone at 925-315-5970.