Principals
Steve Kroeter
Steve Kroeter is Editor in Chief of Designers & Books, a website that advocates for books as sources of inspiration for creativity and innovation. Also he is program coordinator for Bookselling Without Borders; launched the Designers & Books Fairs in New York; was Chair of the Design & Management Program at Parsons School of Design; was licensing manager and literary agent for the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection; is the author of DESIGNnewyork: A Reference Guidebook to Architecture, Fashion, Graphic Design, Interior Design, and Product Design in New York.
David Wilk
David Wilk has worked in almost every aspect of publishing and book distribution, in print and digital formats, across almost every subject, from poetry and literary fiction, photography, art, children’s books, to best selling nonfiction, innovative multimedia projects and social media marketing.
As a publishing consultant, Wilk has worked with over 100 authors, publishers, media companies and nonprofits, including Ally Bank, Rosetta Books, Hachette, Abrams, A+E Television, Running Press, PBS, To the Stars Media, Sudden Industries, Wawa Stores, Frederator Networks, Cornelia Funke, Namaste Press, University of San Diego, Sybase, Inc., and many others.
Wilk has taught classes and workshops, and given talks at a variety of universities, trade shows and to organizations.
He was Literature Program Director at the National Endowment for the Arts, and held senior management positions in a variety of publishing and distribution companies.