Our Team
Daniel O’Brien,
Director & Treasurer
Daniel is the Director of Books Across Borders and the Executive Director of the Independent Publishers Caucus. Previously the Director of Membership & Partnerships at the American Booksellers Association, Daniel has been a member of the “indie” community for over eight years. In 2022, he was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree. Daniel is also a lecturer at the City University of New York, where he was awarded a 2024-25 Faculty Fellowship from Social Practice CUNY. His poetry and criticism have appeared in the Boston Review, Diagram, Hot Pink Mag, Kenyon Review, Lambda Literary, and other venues.
Michael Reynolds,
Founder & President
Michael is the editor-in-chief of Europa Editions. He has served on the jury for the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Gutekunst Prize for Young Translators, and the foreign jury of the Strega Prize. He also serves as a member of the Rutgers University Press Advisory Council and on the Independent Publisher Caucus Steering Committee. He is a regular speaker at the Columbia School of Journalism’s Publishing Course and at publishing and translation conferences in America and internationally. Michael was born in Australia and now lives in New York.
Terrie Akers, Vice President & Secretary
Terrie is the marketing director at Other Press. She joined the company in 2004 as a publishing assistant, and since then has held positions in publicity, social media management, and digital marketing, dabbling in editorial and design along the way. She’s proud and grateful to be a part of the vibrant indie publishing community, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Independent Publishers Caucus. She graduated from New York University with a degree in English literature and creative writing, and holds an MA in international studies from the CUNY Graduate Center.