story merchant Books
With more than forty years’ experience in the publishing world, and twenty-five years in entertainment, Dr. Ken Atchity is a self-defined "Story Merchant" – author, professor, producer, career coach, teacher, and literary manager, responsible for launching dozens of books and films. Georgetown (BA) and Yale (PhD), then professor of literature at Occidental College and Fulbright Professor to the University of Bologna before beginning his second career as literary manager and producer. Ken’s life passion is finding great storytellers and turning them into commercial authors and screenwriters. 529 Books has numerous projects in development with film companies through Ken's diligence as a producer, including two comedic memoirs for series TV and a limited series for television based on an award-winning sci-fi-romance trilogy.
For authors who want a support system, who are ready to compete in today's market, who are interested in the film/TV industry...this is Story Merchant Books.
