Jack Shoemaker was born in California in 1946, and came of age working as a bookseller at a time of political and literary revolution on the West Coast. He has been co-founder, editor, and publisher of three major independent imprints, North Point Press, Counterpoint, and his current house, Shoemaker & Hoard. The list of titles published by Shoemaker traces the careers of several contemporary masters, often from an author’s first book to his last. In June Shoemaker & Hoard will relocate its offices from Washington, D.C., to Berkeley, California, where Shoemaker and his wife, the writer Jane Vandenburgh, will make their home.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- One of the Great Independents, an interview, in Spring 2005