Ann McMan
In 2014, ANN McMAN was named as Director of Creative Services for Bywater Books. McMan has over thirty-five years of professional experience in graphic design, marketing, and brand identity. Her design work has received national and international recognition, and in...Salem West
Salem West is the publisher of Bywater Books. She brings a strong background in business management, and longstanding engagement with the LGBT community. In recent years, she has become known as the voice of The Rainbow Reader, a highly successful review blog that...
Carol Rosenfeld
Carol Rosenfeld is an accomplished short fiction writer and poet. The One That Got Away, published by Bywater Books in June 2015, is the first novel by this writer who describes herself as “A fruit cup in the whole-grain world of literary fiction.” A Juris Doctor (she...
Baxter Clare Trautman
Baxter Clare Trautman, is the author of the Lambda Literary finalist L.A. Franco mystery series. In June of 2015, she released Hold of the Bone, the latest Lt. L.A. Franco mystery, through Bywater Books. She also wrote the award winning The River Within, and Spirit of...
Julie Marie Wade
For her first book, Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, Julie Marie Wade won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir. Reviewers praised its “poetic” qualities – no surprise, perhaps, for Julie is also a poet whose work has been nominated several times for the...