Kathleen Martin
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Kathleen Martin is an American small press
publisher, book editor and actor. She is the co-founder of Wit's End Publishing
and a senior editor of Point Blank Press
, a crime fiction publisher.
Her early career, after receiving an academic scholarship to Brown University
, centered on acting and theatre. She studied under Sanford Meisner
at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse
, performed with the Boston Shakespeare Company and Harvard University Choir
. Her acting included also work with David Mamet
.
She worked behind the scenes in theatre by managing the young people’s program at the Los Angeles Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
and as the managing director of the Chicago Trinity Square Ensemble Theatre.
After founding Wit's End Publishing, she published and edited the Charles Willeford
collection, The Second Half of the Double Feature, and the World Fantasy Award
and International Horror Guild Award
nominated Tainaron: Mail From Another City
by Leena Krohn
.
She voiced Janice Shriek in the short film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer
's Shriek: An Afterword
in 2007.
As the personal representative of her father's estate, she is the license holder of WSLM AM
in Salem, Indiana.
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
publisher, book editor and actor. She is the co-founder of Wit's End Publishing
Wit's End Publishing
Wit's End Publishing is a small publishing house established in 2003 by JT Lindroos and Kathleen Martin. It has published two titles by Charles Willeford: The Second Half of the Double Feature, a collection of Willeford's short fiction and poetry, and a reprint of The Black Mass of Brother Springer...
and a senior editor of Point Blank Press
Point Blank (publisher)
Point Blank is an imprint of Wildside Press, founded in early 2004 by J. T. Lindroos and John Gregory Betancourt. Allan Guthrie and Kathleen Martin have worked with the company from its beginning in various editorial roles. Point Blank publishes mostly hard boiled crime fiction, both original...
, a crime fiction publisher.
Her early career, after receiving an academic scholarship to Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, centered on acting and theatre. She studied under Sanford Meisner
Sanford Meisner
Sanford Meisner , also known as Sandy, was an American actor and acting teacher who developed a form of Method acting that is now known as the Meisner technique....
at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse
Neighborhood Playhouse
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is an actor training school at 340 East 54th Street in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner.-History:...
, performed with the Boston Shakespeare Company and Harvard University Choir
Harvard University Choir
The Harvard University Choir, more commonly referred to as the University Choir or simply UChoir, is Harvard University's oldest choir. It has provided choral music for the Harvard Memorial Church and its predecessor church for over 170 years, and is currently Harvard's only professional choir...
. Her acting included also work with David Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...
.
She worked behind the scenes in theatre by managing the young people’s program at the Los Angeles Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
__notoc__The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is an acting school located at 115 East 15th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, as well as at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California...
and as the managing director of the Chicago Trinity Square Ensemble Theatre.
After founding Wit's End Publishing, she published and edited the Charles Willeford
Charles Willeford
Charles Ray Willeford III was an American writer. An author of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Willeford is best known for his series of novels featuring hardboiled detective Hoke Moseley. The first Hoke Moseley book, Miami Blues , is considered one of its era's most...
collection, The Second Half of the Double Feature, and the World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
and International Horror Guild Award
International Horror Guild Award
The International Horror Guild Award is a recognition presented by the International Horror Guild to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of horror and dark fantasy. Nancy A. Collins, the founder of the award, felt there was a need for an award granted by a large,...
nominated Tainaron: Mail From Another City
Tainaron (novel)
Tainaron: Mail From Another City is a science fiction/fantasy novel written in 1985 by Finnish author Leena Krohn. The book is regarded as the author's breakthrough novel...
by Leena Krohn
Leena Krohn
Leena Krohn is a Finnish author. Her large and varied body of work includes novels, short stories, children's books, and essays...
.
She voiced Janice Shriek in the short film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher.He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen.-Biography:...
's Shriek: An Afterword
Shriek: An Afterword
Shriek: An Afterword is a 2006 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. Shriek is set in the fictional city of Ambergris, a recurring setting in VanderMeer's work...
in 2007.
As the personal representative of her father's estate, she is the license holder of WSLM AM
WSLM (AM)
WSLM is an Gospel Music music radio station licensed to serve the community of Salem, Indiana. The station broadcasts as half of an AM/FM combo that is currently being programmed by it's sister station, WSLM FM. The AM station is licensed temporarily to Kathleen Martin, Personal Representative,...
in Salem, Indiana.