Language, Culture, and Art for All

Thimbleberry Press, LLC is a newly established publisher whose aim is to bring thoughtful, beautiful and affordable books and web-based materials on culture, history, art and language to the broadest possible public.

Laura Smyth, Publisher, Creative Director, lsmyth@thimbleberrypress.com

A book designer by vocation and a poet by avocation, Laura has worked in the publishing and design fields for the past 20 years. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University and has designed and produced books for publishers such as Dorling Kindersley, Reader's Digest Young Families, Rodale, Hyperion, Scholastic and Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Elmore Reese, Business Manager, ereese@thimbleberrypress.com

With a diverse background in both the nonprofit and business worlds, Elmore brings imagination and compassion to the nuts-and-bolts side of running a publishing company. His experience spans work in public education, child welfare organizations and arts organizations.

Virginia Cornue, PhD, Executive Editor, vcornue@thimbleberrypress.com

An author and educator who has conducted ethnographic research in China for over fifteen years, Virginia holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Rutgers University where she is a Research Associate. Along with her editorial and creative work at Thimbleberry Press, she consults on China, global women's issues and social change. She further brings her background founding and directing non-profit women's organizations, as well as a career in the lively arts as an actor, director and producer.