We built this firm from the very best people we could find.

Everyone at Avocet Books is a publishing veteran. No one is a beginner here; no one is learning on the job. We trust our team to do excellent work with authors because we’ve seen them do it again and again.

We are a relationship-first company, putting the relationship between you and your principal collaborator at the heart of our work. We work on the basis of trust, collaboration, and an unremitting commitment to quality. We have very simple expectations of our team members, and also of you if we agree to work together:

• Do only excellent work.

• Be fair to people.

• Be optimistic.

• Bring your best self.

We get out of bed every morning to do this work because we believe that helping people tell their stories leads to understanding, understanding leads to empathy, and empathy leads to peace.

We look forward to helping you tell your story, too.

Hal Clifford and Mary Lou Bendrick, Cofounders