Meryl L. Moss
President/Founder/Publisher
President/Founder/Publisher
Like many new ideas, Meryl Moss created Booktrib.com on a napkin. When traditional media outlets started reducing their coverage of books and authors, Meryl put a stake in the ground with a website featuring under-the-radar authors that deserved to be noticed, and that readers would enjoy discovering – whether debut writers, midlist or even occasional bestsellers. Rather than focus on the household names you read about everywhere, BookTrib.com’s mantra is to give voice to those authors that really need to be heard…and read.
Meryl is Founder and President of Meryl Moss Media (www.merylmossmedia.com), a literary media relations and marketing firm that for 25 years has been promoting and branding authors and their books through media exposure, speaking engagements, social media, and creative marketing solutions. The firm specializes in working with first-time authors as well as those who are established and looking for a seasoned group of professionals to take them to the next level. Meryl Moss Media is proud to work with authors book after book, the best compliment there is.
Favorite Books:
Anna Karenina, The Secret Garden, A Wrinkle In Time, Green Eggs and Ham
Author You Could Be Best Friends With:
Susan Shapiro Barash
If You Could Be Any Character in Literature:
Tortured and passionate — Emma Bovary
Words To Live By:
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Jim is responsible for all editorial operations, content and strategy at BookTrib.com while developing new marketing programs to help authors get on the literary radar. As a veteran of the business-to-business media and marketing worlds, he has extensive experience in business and content development. He is an avid reader (shocking!), lover of dogs, sports and music (he plays the piano by ear), and he is a writer at heart, whether a book review, corporate communication, blog or white paper — it doesn’t really matter as long as his words are making someone happy somewhere.
Megan Beauregard is an Associate Editor at BookTrib. She has a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Fairfield University, where she also studied Publishing & Editing, Classical Studies and Applied Ethics. When she’s not reading the latest in literary fiction, dark academia and horror, she's probably making playlists, baking something sweet or tacking another TV show onto her list.
An editor and marketer by trade and a poet and songwriter at heart, Cynthia Conrad was formerly an editor of the independent literary zine Dirigible Journal of Language Art. She has also worked with business author Bruce Tulgan and fiction writer Gevera Bert Piedmont. She's currently the Marketing Director for BookTrib and lives in New Haven, CT.
Dawn Ius is a novelist, screenwriter, professional book coach and editor, and a communications specialist. She is the author of three young adult novels published by Simon & Schuster — Anne & Henry, Overdrive, and Lizzie. Dawn has also written 16 educational graphic novels, and was a regular contributor to the Nickolodeon Jr TV series, "Rainbow Rangers." She is the former Managing Editor of The Big Thrill, the online magazine published by the International Thriller Writers, and is currently an editor with BookTrib as well as the BookTrib Book Club Coordinator. Dawn is represented by Anne Tibbets at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Connect with her on socials @dawnmius.
Wyatt grew up in New York, Connecticut and on the Jersey Shore. Attracted by its writing program and swim team, he attended Kenyon College, majoring in English with an emphasis on creative writing. After graduation, he took an industry world tour, dipping his toes into game development, culinary arts, dramatic/fiction writing, content creation and even work as a fishmonger, before focusing on marketing. Reading, powerlifting, gaming and shooting clays are his favorite pastime activities.
Cameron Kimball graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree in Communications Design and a minor in Art History. A firm believer in the power of storytelling, she has a great passion for the world of publishing. In her free time she enjoys reading, music and a good laugh.
Katie graduated from UNC Asheville with bachelor’s degrees in Creative Writing and Mass Communication. Originally from Dallas, TX, she moved to Appalachia to escape the heat and enjoy the mountains. As an avid reader and aspiring writer, her favorite genres include fantasy, romance, literary fiction and feminist works. (She’s also a big fan of manga!)
Aside from reading and writing, her hobbies include yoga, photography, antique and clothes shopping, archery and curling up with her cat, Oso, and dog, Circe, to watch a movie. She’s seen every Marvel movie at least four times, but her favorite movie is the 2012 Les Misérables.
Barbara has a varied career background, having worked in education, sales for several start-up magazines, fundraising and event planning for the American Heart Association, and marketing, communications, PR, and social media for a congregational church, a children’s non-profit, and an emergency and specialty veterinary hospital.
Barbara is also the co-founder of an award-winning website, Motherrr.com, that focuses on healing difficult mother-daughter relationships from the adult daughter’s perspective. Look for a Motherrr.com book in the not-too-distant future!
A Stamford, CT, native, Barbara has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and English, and an MS in Education. She loves to act and is honored to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words — be it writing, reading or editing.
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband, daughter and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novels, The Night Weaver and The Bone Carver, and the upcoming South African horror series, Dark Country.
Kelsey Hall graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Deaf Education. She is a born and raised Texas gal that can’t stand country music and loves everything bookish. She can often be found cuddled up with her two Pyrenees pups and a good book, The 1975 playing in the background. In addition to working with the BookTrib team, she shares her love of stories by reading to groups of children on the weekends, making sure to pass along the magic and adventures to the next generation.
As a recent graduate from The Fashion Institute of Technology, Kendall has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration, a minor in Creative Writing and an unhealthy obsession with the Fantasy Adventure books that fueled her way through school.
Kendall previously worked at an Independent Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY, experiencing as much as she could about the publishing industry. Now at MMMG, she hopes to bring everything she learned about book trends, social media and industry communication into play as she dips her toes into the world of publishing and publicity.
When she isn’t reading, Kendall spends her free time drawing, listening to True Crime Podcasts and spending an unnecessary amount of time online shopping.
I was born in Colombia, South America and raised in the charming town of Easton, CT. I come from a large Italian family, where the love of family and pasta was handed down to me. I graduated from Norwalk Community College with an Associate’s degree in Business and Marketing. I have been working here at Meryl Moss Media Group and BookTrib for almost 15 years now. As an avid traveler and amateur photographer, I love traveling the world, seeing amazing places, meeting awesome people and taking incredible pictures. I have been to 35 out of 50 states here in the US so far! Aside from traveling and photography, my hobbies include cooking, hiking, movies, music and spending time with family and friends. I’m a huge movie nerd and I love every genre except for foreign. I recently started a YouTube channel and a podcast in the works dedicated to all things movies, TV and celebrities news.