About Us

Real people making your book a reality.

From editing to design to marketing, we tailor your publishing package or offer a la carte services to meet your title’s unique needs.

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Our Imprints

Our premiere line for commercial fiction, Abante Press features rising star authors in young adult, fantasy, and adventure-based fiction.

Sprouts Books features top-notch storytelling, a positive world view, and fine art illustrations for the littlest readers.

Wise Life Books bring out the best in every reader. Expand your life through cookbooks, crafts, self-help, and lifestyle books.

Long River Press features general adult fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, and real world stories that inspire us.

Spyglass Press is our newest imprint for crime, thriller and mystery titles.

Don’t see your genre listed here? No problem. We’re growing with new imprints all the time.

Meet Our Team

  • Jen Furlong

    Founder, Director of Development & Media Ventures

  • Deborah Hawkins

    Lead Editor, Education Director

  • Tabitha Pollardson

    Director of Acquisitions, Managing Editor

  • Destini Richlin

    Art Director, Designer

  • Johanna Loflin

    Copy Editing, Proofreading

  • Tara Taffera

    Marketing Director

  • A thirty year veteran of professional theatre, circus, TV and film, Jen is the founder of MPC Publishing. She is also the author of YA supernatural suspense series The Unimaginables™ (HIDDEN CITY, BookFest Gold Medalist, NIEA Finalist, Voted Top Ten Audio Books for Road Trips by Fox 31 Denver, B&N in-store bestseller) TATTOOED ANGEL (2025 Young Adult Virginia Award nominee) & MAGICK SQUARED) The series is currently in development for television. Middle grade titles include MEREDITH AT THE MET and MEREDITH FOR CONGRESS and picture book MRS. CHEESELY™ LOVES CHEESE. Jen is the author of multiple narrative plays for circus including Circus of Night co-written with Neil Gaiman. Her first published work was ANTAGONISTS for Mind’s Eye Theatre (White Wolf Publishing.) Jen is a frequent speaker/keynote at writers’ conferences & conventions, schools and book festivals. She narrates her own audiobooks. She is a proud graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. She also attended RADA at Oxford University, Ithaca College BFA program, and has a BLS in Theatre from University of Mary Washington. Memberships: AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SCBWI & Authors Against Book Bans. She lives in Virginia with six goats, five chickens, four teenagers, three cats, two dogs, and her husband. FUN FACT: Jen once played a small but pivotal role on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

  • Deborah came to MPC with a decade of editing experience. She excels at strengthening the author’s authentic voice while providing a collaborative experience that leaves writers feeling empowered and their writing refined. When she’s not editing, Deborah enjoys reading across genres, regenerative farming, homeschooling, fitness, and coaching women on dietary wellness.

  • Tabitha has a B.A. in English and Religious Studies with a focus in journalism. She has served as a researcher on Capitol Hill, a K-12 English tutor, and an Editorial Board Member for several research journals. She lives with her family in a 200 year old farmhouse.

  • Destini has been a freelance graphic designer for over 13 years, with projects spanning industries and oceans. With book design experience, including her own self-published children’s book, The Dream Submarine. Once connected with the MPC team she republished the book under their Sprouts Books imprint (with many, many improvements). Destini now does interior layout design, cover design, original art, and file management for MPC’s titles as their Art Director.

    You can find her design work at visualdestini.com, and her artwork @chaosartery.

  • From founding her high school’s literary magazine to becoming Senior Copy Editor at her college newspaper, Johanna has long loved the publishing world. Now she’s excited to help make your manuscript word-perfect.

  • Tara Taffera is a multiple award-winning author of contemporary Christian romance. When she's not writing, she helps fellow authors reach more readers and sell more books through digital marketing. She recently earned her master's degree in Digital Marketing Analytics, further strengthening her expertise in helping authors grow their businesses. Tara also enjoys editing and mentoring other authors, helping them polish their manuscripts and publish well-crafted books.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No. We offer hybrid and traditional publishing contracts. Our authors retain 100% of their rights and 100% of their royalties.

    Vanity presses are publishers for hire and typically maintain a royalty share (that means they keep some of your money when you sell books).

    Only some books are selected for traditional publishing. We’re working to offer more traditional contracts as we move forward.

  • We offer as many hybrid contracts as our team can handle while maintaining our standard of excellence.

    Even if you aren’t an author yet, your story is worth hearing, we would love the opportunity to work with you.

    So, the answer is, we don’t publish a set percent of submissions we receive. If you have a good story, we would love to be a part of it.

  • Ask our authors!

    Masterful Person Company helped J.S. Furlong grow her first book from a simple eBook to a Barnes & Noble seven times best seller.

    Our company is built on overcoming the challenges writers face while becoming authors, plus helping advancing career authors find a creative home where no book they love will ‘die on submission.’

    • RESPECT THE WORK: We want the author’s work to be the best it can be in the author’s voice. We want the cover, interior and print to be a quality product. We are not a publisher that cuts corners to make a profit at the author’s expense.

    • RESPECT THE AUTHOR: We strive to be fair, respectful, and honest and to have a life long relationship with our authors. This is why we offer a 100% 21-day money back guarantee. If you have struggled with other publishers, give us a try.

  • We will never share your work without your permission. We will never use your work without your explicit knowledge. We delete all copies of your work if we are no longer of service to you. Also note, as an author, you own the copyright for your original work. Our team will never violate that copyright, and only work on your book in the way that you choose from our offered services.

  • Hate books of any type. Hate is not a value we stand behind here at MPC Publishing so we choose not to promote it.

    Books “written” by robots. AI generated writing contains word patterns and writing styles stolen from human authors. Our promise to our authors is a human one. We choose to work with original, non auto-generated text written by the original creator.

    If you’re interested in reading some legal support for our choice, search up Bartz vs Anthropic and have a read.

  • We are a full service publisher offering editing, publishing and marketing services. We also offer author education courses.

    See the services page for additional information.

  • Hybrid publishing allows an author to access professional creative and publishing services for a work of their choosing while serving as the primary investor in the work. The advantage of publishing in this way is the author receives 100% retention of rights and 100% royalty receipt. The author has the ability to select any services they need. Unlike many hybrid publishers, authors keep 100% of their royalties at Masterful Person Company.

  • Authors that choose hybrid publishing invest in their work and only select the services they want. Therefore, hybrid authors receive 100% of their royalties at Masterful Person Company.

    Traditional contracts offered by Masterful Person Company do not require investment from the authors. Terms of traditional contracts vary depending on the work.

    Historically, hybrid authors keep a higher royalty percentage and more creative control over their work. Traditional book deals are difficult to get and often exclude wonderful manuscripts which don’t fit the publisher’s sales goal. Hybrid publishing has a lower barrier to entry.

    At Masterful Person Company, authors will publish quality work regardless of which publishing route they take. Masterful Person Company selects between one and three titles per year for traditional contracts based on commercial potential and market trends.

  • We don’t use AI in our books, art, or administrative tools.

    AI generated writing contains word patterns and writing styles stolen from human authors. Our promise to our authors is a human one. We choose to work with original, non auto-generated text written by the original creator. If you re interested in reading some legal support for our choice, search up Bartz vs Anthropic and have a read.