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Meet the Team
Loredana Carini
Founder & Publisher
Loredana founded SmashBear Publishing in 2020, seeking to carve out a safe place for people to come and enjoy literature and enjoy publishing.
Ren Dooley
Publisher & Editorial Director
Ren joined SmashBear in 2021 and has worked across academic and trade in editorial. They have an MA in Publishing, and loves editing and reading SFF books. They are partial to a good dragon!
Ellee Cooper
Publisher & Director of Acquisitions
Ellee joined the SmashBear team in the autumn of 2021 while studying an MA in Publishing. She is keen to explore as many areas of the fantasy genre as she can, though she has a particular soft spot for dark fantasy
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