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Key Personnel

DAN TUCKER (Principal)
Mr. Tucker has worked in the illustrated book field for more than fifteen years. He began his publishing career as a book club editor for Billboard Publications, and moved to sales and marketing in 1990 for Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and later, for the Abbeville Publishing Group and Rizzoli International Publications. In 1999, Mr. Tucker left his position as Marketing Director of Rizzoli to start Sideshow Media. Prior to entering publishing, Mr. Tucker worked as a television writer and producer in San Francisco, and was an advertising copywriter for Saatchi & Saatchi in New York. He currently serves as the president of the American Book Producers Association (abpaonline.org).

MEGAN McFARLAND (Managing Editor)
Ms. McFarland has been an editor of illustrated books for more than ten years, during which time she has held staff positions at the Getty Center, Rizzoli International Publications, and most recently, as senior project editor at Phaidon Press. Trained as a journalist, she worked for the New York Times at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and for NBC Television at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

KATHRYN WILLIAMS (Project Editor)
Ms. Williams is an editor, writer and photo researcher. Beginning her career in journalism, her work has appeared in Newsweek, Newsweek International, The New York Observer, NewYorkMag.com and Shecky's. She is the author of a forthcoming young adult novel.