Team

Editing & Design Team 

Taylor Berger-Knorr
Managing Editor, Author Relations, Legal
Taylor Berger-Knorr graduated from Ithaca College Magna Cum Laude with a BA in English, minoring in Spanish and Legal Studies. Fluent in Spanish, she spent one of those semesters studying abroad in Seville, Spain. She has been a middle school language arts teacher for the past two years. Taylor loves reading all genres of books, sharing her knowledge, and engaging in deep analysis. She is originally from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and loves most of all to travel to new places. Taylor currently lives in Pueblo, Colorado with her two cats. she enjoys hiking, cooking, gardening, yoga/meditation, and driving around in her yellow Volkswagen Beetle. She is very excited to be working for Sunbury Press. 
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

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Book Designer - Crystal Devine

Crystal Devine
Book Design

Crystal has been with Sunbury Press since 2015. She holds an AAS degree in Communication Design, Business Management, and Computerized Data Management. She coordinates our interior book designs and proofing, as well as creates our eBooks. She is also a freelance graphic designer with twenty years of industry experience in print and web design. She thoroughly enjoys her work and author satisfaction is her top priority. She loves cooking, crocheting, off-road Jeeping, hosting exchange students, backyard bird watching, and spending time with family. She also enjoys volunteering as a Work Share at a local organic vegetable farm, helping out with the CSA program. She lives in Carlisle with her husband, daughter, and cat Mr. Knuckles.

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Sarah Peachey
Assistant Editor: Military History, Nonfiction

Sarah Peachey is an editor and writer from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, currently moving around the country (and world) with her active-duty military family—her soldier-husband and three children. Earning her BA in English with a focus in print journalism from Millersville University began her writing career with The Fort Polk Guardian, an Army installation newspaper, where she won three state awards for her work. Her articles have since appeared on several military-connected websites. Sarah worked as the content editor for Army Wife Network for four years before coming to Sunbury Press. She has a passion for reading, writing, podcasting, volunteering, and traveling and is currently working on her debut novel, The Scars of War. 

 

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Sarah Illick
Acquisitions Editor, Assistant Editor: Milford House Press, Mainstream Fiction

Sarah Illick is an editor and historical fiction writer who lives in the midwest with her husband and three children. She graduated from Winona State University in 2013 and then completed a screenwriting mentorship, leading her to a career in freelance editing before working at Sunbury Press. Sarah is a voracious reader of fiction and nonfiction books, an avid tea drinker, and a film junkie. She is presently writing her debut novel set in German-occupied France during World War II.

 

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Maresa Whitehead
Assistant Editor: Brown Posey Press, Literary Fiction

Maresa Whitehead is a lifelong reader and writer of both professional and creative work. She grew up in suburban South Carolina before transplanting to Pittsburgh, where she earned her MFA from Chatham University. Maresa has been an assistant editor for The Fourth River and a judge for book awards. She has published over a dozen poems in literary journals, anthologies, and blogs, including shady side review and The Criterion. Maresa loves music and has written and recorded songs for compilation albums. She is also a professional equestrian with over 30 years of horse obsession and riding, teaching, and training experience. Maresa currently lives with her cat Sihaya and rereads Dune every couple of years.

 

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Debra Reynolds
Assistant Editor: Catamount Press & Pennsylvania History/Historical Fiction
Debbie Reynolds is a voracious reader, writer, and dreamer from Tioga County, Pennsylvania. She is often found advocating for disability rights with emphasis on autism, epilepsy, and eldercare. She writes about the difficulties particular to rural areas, especially health care access and services. When not reading or writing, she's usually found wandering the woods and celebrating the unique and beautiful character of the region she calls home. 

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Founder & Chairman


CEO - Lawrence Knorr

Lawrence Knorr
Founder & Chairman

Lawrence Knorr has been involved with book publishing since 2000. He is currently working on his dissertation in pursuit of a Ph.D. in History at Liberty University. He also holds an MBA from Penn State University, a BA in Business/Economics from Wilson College (minor in History), and is a Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Lawrence’s 40 year career in information technology, as a programmer, analyst, project manager, CEO, and Chief Information Officer has prepared him well for the “Age of Content” – the era of eBooks, data integration, eCommerce, networks, and artificial intelligence. Lawrence has taught business and economics courses for over fifteen years at local colleges and is the author or co-author over thirty books. He is also an award-winning digital artist. Lawrence often speaks or is a panelist at numerous writers conferences and book fairs. He also frequently presents history topics at historical societies and venues.

Marketing, Publicity, & Distribution Partners

  
Influencer outreach and earned media collaboration, including social media, blogs, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, etc. 
 
Book review outreach via this digital platform, especially for fiction titles. 
Bookstore marketing and global distribution for both print and electronic books. 
Library and academic bookstore marketing and distribution. 
Library marketing and distribution.
Audiobook creation, marketing, and distribution.
Audiobook creation, marketing, and distribution.
Audiobook creation, marketing, and distribution.
 
Backlist eBook marketing, and distribution.
 eBooks for libraries.
Comic Book and Graphic Novel marketing and distribution.
 

Subsidiaries  

Keith Rommel
CEO, Blood Moon Comics, LLC

Keith Rommel is a writer, traditionally published by Sunbury Press. Keith has written fifteen novels, four screenplays and now writes his own original comics. The Devil Tree, White River Monster, Ice Canyon Monster, and Usher of the Dead were the first four titles released for Blood Moon Comics. Having been introduced to comic books by a clever teacher, Keith's love for comics started at a young age to overcome a reading comprehension disability. After years of isolating himself from the world to create worlds of fiction, Keith is now looking to other talent to share their worlds and inspire the next generation. Keith is a traumatic brain injury survivor. Mental Health Awareness.