
Mission Statement
Encircle Publications' mission is the brisk and continuous growth to a robust catalog of trade fiction mystery titles, and other popular genres, including poetry. We seek to craft a diverse catalog from established successful authors in a variety of formats that readers will want to return to and select from again and again.
We believe in a culture that encourages independent growth through education and training, and we provide the support to help foster that environment. We affirm our commitment to maintaining a culture where the thoughts, personal goals, and ideas of all employees are heard and respected. We also affirm a commitment to our authors as partners in our success.
We believe in building a company that always engages our sense of excitement for great stories and great writing. We seek to preserve our love of challenge and growth so that we’re always delivering quality books by authors that people love to read.
Core Staff
Eddie Vincent

Cynthia Brackett-Vincent

A Pushcart Prize nominated and award-winning poet, Cynthia has had over 100 poems published in such journals as Avocet, Decanto (United Kingdom), frogpond, Yankee, and Ibbetson Street; in her chapbooks, Questions About Home, and the 95 Poems; and in the online journals, Mannequin Envy, The Orange Room Review, The Penman Review, Pirene’s Fountain and others. Her nonfiction and poetry appear abroad. In 2001, she co-founded the Tidepool Poets of Plymouth, MA. Cynthia has judged poetry locally, regionally and nationally for such contests as the Writer’s Digest annual writing competition. Her co-edited anthology, Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012) was named “One of 100 Best Books for Writers” by Poets & Writers magazine.
Michael Piekny
Michael Piekny, Editor
Deirdre Wait
Deirdre Wait, Art Director, has been a graphic designer for more than 25 years, and a book cover designer for almost 18. She got her start as a newspaper advertising designer with Community Newspaper Company (CNC) in Massachusetts, eventually becoming a senior designer responsible for some of CNC’s top clients as well as promotional and marketing materials for the company. To expand her design and layout skills, she also worked in the editorial department as a paginator. That job led to a position with Wheeler Publishing—then, a small independent Large Print publisher—as a book paginator. After Wheeler was purchased by Thorndike Publishing in Maine, Thorndike hired Deirdre as a freelance book cover designer, and her main focus has been designing for and promoting books ever since. She and her husband Christopher—also a graphic designer—under the business name High Pines Creative have designed covers for Five Star Publishing, Thorndike Press/Wheeler Publishing, and Encircle Publications, as well as a number of independent authors.
Christopher
Christopher Wait, Graphic Designer, has been a graphic designer and a book cover designer for more than 25 years.