About the Press
Lion Bridge Publishing, founded in 2024, is an in-person publishing internship class at the University of North Alabama (UNA) located in Florence, Alabama. The press is run by UNA students who collaborate in the copy editing, marketing, and design process of each text. Lion Bridge Publishing focuses on open-access publishing as an imprint of the UNA’s Digital Press at Collier Library. Our name is influenced by the pride we have for our University, its mascot, and our hope to connect literary works and people through open-access publishing. We are interested in publishing inspiring works of all genres.
Press members:
Lauren Butte (Marketing-Editing Liaison): Lauren is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and minoring in Digital Marketing. Lauren’s favorite book is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Lauren Daniel (Copy Editing Manager): Lauren is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and minoring in Psychology. Lauren’s favorite book is All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.
Dessa Faulkner (Marketing Manager): Dessa is majoring in English with a concentration in Literature and minoring in German. Dessa’s favorite book is Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren.
Lauren Hammond (Design Manager): Lauren is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and minoring in Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience. Her favorite book is When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, and her favorite publisher is Scholastic.
Anna Hood (Editing-Design Liaison): Anna is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and minoring in Creative Writing. Anna’s favorite book is The Book Thief by Mark Zusak, and her favorite publisher is Bloomsbury Publishing.
Rebekah Jent (Design-Editing Liaison): Rebekah is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and minoring in German. Rebekah’s favorite book is Vicious by V.E. Schwab.
Enyce Mullins (Marketing-Design Liaison): Enyce is majoring in English with a concentration in Literature and minoring in Art History. Enyce’s favorite book is Just Kids by Patti Smith, and her favorite publisher is Penguin House Classics.
Madison Pete (Design-Editing Liaison): Madison is majoring in English and minoring in Psychology. Madison’s favorite book is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.
Blaze Skinner (Editing-Marketing Liaison): Blaze is majoring in English with a concentration in Literature and minoring in Professional Writing. Blaze’s favorite books right now include The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Mark Smith (Design Editor): Mark is majoring in English, Cinematic Arts, and Theatre. Mark’s favorite book is If We Were Villains M. L. Rio.
