THE SWP TEAM
She Writes Press is an imprint of The Stable Book Group, where we encourage you to explore and read up about the broader team that keeps the SWP engine running. Here we introduce you to the team that’s dedicated to SWP and its mission to elevate women’s voices and to make the award-winning books for which our press is widely celebrated and known.

BROOKE WARNER
PUBLISHER
Brooke Warner is the Publisher of She Writes Press, an imprint of The Stable Book Group, where she serves as COO. She’s the founder of of Warner Coaching Inc., where she specializes in helping writers get published. In her 25 years in the publishing industry, including nine years as Executive Editor at Seal Press, Brooke has shepherded hundreds of books through the publication process. She’s also an author, speaker, and sought-after presenter and interviewer. In 2017, Brooke delivered at TEDx talk, “Green-Light Revolution” about her take on the publishing industry, and she co-hosts a weekly podcast called Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers. Her books are Write On, Sisters!, Green-Light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and How to Sell Your Memoir. She is the co-author of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir and the co-editor of The Magic of Memoir. Brooke writes a weekly Substack newsletter, Writerly Things. She lives and works in Berkeley, California.

SHANNON GREEN
MANAGING EDITOR
Shannon Green has been a Senior Editor at She Writes Press for six years and is stepping into the role of Managing Editor as of 2025. She grew up in a small town in Arizona, where she escaped boredom by memorizing David Bowie lyrics and running a one-woman gazette called The Green News that she forced on her middle school classmates. She graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. In 2017, her published work “Mis Estrellas, Mi Alma” received the Jane Shaw Jacobs Award for Fiction. Through creative writing workshops, she discovered a zeal for editing. She worked as a judge and editor for the global competition The Writer’s Games and was later hired as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief at Lux Undergraduate Creative Review. She is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course. In Oxford, England, Shannon studied all aspects of the book publishing process under the direction of seasoned publishing professionals from Europe and North America. She graduated from the program with experience, new connections, and above all, the commitment to help authors bring their stories out into the world.

ADDISON GALLEGOS
EDITOR
Addison has always been captivated by the fantastical worlds within books, which have inspired her to dream beyond the ordinary. As an aspiring author, she is passionate about bringing stories to life—whether they are her own or those of others. A Colorado native and decade long resident of Arizona, Addison enjoys exploring the outdoors and aspires to travel the world in search of the places and people that she reads about. Addison holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and a bachelor’s degree in English Creative Writing. Her experience includes serving on the Editorial Boards of the Marooned Journal with the English Department at ASU, as well as Imprints of Honor’s Since You Asked series. She has interned with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, where she directed the Undergraduate Reading Series and Showcase. All of which has provided people within the writing world the chance to share their work with their communities. Since 2022, Addison has been an Editor at She Writes Press, where she happily continues to help bring stories into the world!

MEGAN MILTON
EDITOR
Megan Milton is an Editor at She Writes Press with two years of experience in the publishing industry. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s in English and specialty in creative writing. During her undergrad, she was a writer and editor for children’s and young adult publication Pine Reads Review. Post-grad, Megan broke into publishing working as the Marketing & Publicity Intern for Macmillan Audio where she served as support across the marketing, publicity, and editorial departments. Born and raised in rural communities, she organically grew a soft spot for amplifying neglected voices and carries that into her present day work with authors at She Writes Press.

JULIE METZ
ART DIRECTOR
Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover! Julie Metz is a graphic designer with three decades of experience, working primarily in the publishing field. She’s been the Art Director of She Writes Press for the past eleven years. She has created countless covers for a wide range of books including fiction/nonfiction, cookbooks and more, including her own New York Times bestselling memoir, Perfection. She is also the author of the 2022 memoir, Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother’s Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind.

LEAH LOCOCO
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR
With over 30 years of experience, Leah Lococo began her career in multi-disciplinary studios gaining experience in a wide range of design disciplines. After working as a Senior Designer for several accomplished Art Directors who taught her the art of everything from book jacket and corporate collateral design to what makes an engaging logo, Leah opened her own studio in 1994, producing accomplished work for publishing, corporate and nonprofit clients. In 2015 Leah returned to her first love, book publishing, taking on the roles of production designer and associate art director at SWP. When she isn’t working to help authors publish their books she is in her favorite place: a cozy chair with a great read!

TABITHA LAHR
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Tabitha Lahr is a designer with an extensive 20 years of Production experience, and has designed both covers and interiors of thousands of books (some have been New York Times bestsellers). Being an artist herself, Tabitha understands what a tremendous achievement writing a book is, and greatly values every opportunity to create a stunning package for an author. When she isn’t designing, she’s painting, cooking, and taking care of her indoor urban garden.

KRISSA LAGOS
EDITOR AT LARGE
In her nearly two decades in publishing, Krissa has been a proofreader, copyeditor, developmental editor, ghostwriter, and writing coach. While she still exacts great satisfaction from a well-placed comma, today she specializes primarily in developmental editing and book assessments. Memoir and fiction are her primary genres of focus—though she has worked on everything from children’s books to business how-tos, and enjoys projects of all shapes and sizes—and she prides herself on helping authors cut down word count (humanely, of course), helping authors master “show, don’t tell,” and hammering out structure. Many of the books she’s worked on have won awards, and some have been New York Times and USA Today bestsellers.