PearTree Press Resume

PearTree Press has been publishing books and magazines since 2003. We are located in Westport, Massachusetts.

Contact:

Stefani Koorey, PhD, MS, MFA, MA
PO Box 3324
Westport, MA 02790B
peartreepress@mac.com

Technical and Specialized Skills

Fluent in software platforms for publishing and design: MS Office, WordPress, Adobe CC (Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition).

Book Production Services

Poetry:

  • Jigsaw Puzzle in a Vortex: A Collection of Memoirs, by Aurora Lewis (BetteJay Publishing, 2023)
  • Jazz Poems, by Aurora Lewis (BetteJay Publishing, 2021)
  • This Once-Only World, by Ada Jill Schneider (PearTree Press, 2015), Link.
  • By the Naked Pear Tree, by Michael Brimbau (PearTree Press, 2015), Link.
  • The Sadness I Take to Sea, by Michael Brimbau (PearTree Press, 2014), Link.
  • Do Come in and Other Lizzie Borden Poems, by Larry Allen (PearTree Press, 2008), Link.


Fiction:

  • Perchance Freedom: An Emily White Mystery, by Michael Thomas Brimbau (PearTree Press, 2021)
  • The Audible Amnesiac: and other Lizzie Borden Girl Detective Stories, by Richard Behrens (Nine Muses Books, 2018), Link.
  • Point Road, by Michael Brimbau (PearTree Press, 2017), Link.
  • Lizzie Borden, The Girl with the Pansy Pin, by Michael Brimbau (PearTree Press, 2013), Link.
  • Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective, by Richard Behrens (PearTree Press, 2010), Link.


Non-Fiction:

  • The Jennings Journals 1892: The Unpublished Notes and Documents From the Files of Lizzie Borden’s Defense Attorney, Andrew Jackson Jennings, by Michael Martins, Dennis A. Binette, and Stefani Koorey (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2021)
  • The Knowlton-Pearson Correspondence, 1923-1930: Unpublished Letters Between Frank Warren Knowlton and Edmund Lester Pearson, by Michael Martins, Dennis A. Binette, and Stefani Koorey (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2021)
  • Lizzie Borden Uncut: A Casebook of Theories, by William D. Spencer (North Forest Press, 2022).
  • The Case Against Lizzie Borden, by William D. Spencer, (North Forest Press, 2020).
  • American Textile Colossus: The Story of Fall River, Massachusetts, its Cotton Manufacturing Industry, and its People, by Jay J. Lambert (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2020)
  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Lizzie A. Borden: The Knowlton Papers, 1892-1893, by Michael Martins and Dennis A. Binette (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2020)
  • Just Angy: A Momoir, by John “Red” B. Cummings Jr (Hillside Media, 2020)
  • Main Street in the Eighteen Seventies and Eighties & A Businessman’s Reminiscences of Fifty Years, by Thomas Richmond Burrell (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2019)
  • Murder, Manslaughter, and Mayhem on the South Coast, Volume 3, 2000 to 2016, by John B. “Red” Cummings Jr. and Stefani Koorey, PhD (Hillside Media, 2018)
  • Of Moons and Monoliths: Collected Essays, by Richard Behrens (Nine Muses Books, 2018), Link.
  • Garden Bay Stories: The Shadow Head and Other Tales of the Garden Bay, by Richard Behrens (Nine Muses Books, 2018), Link.
  • Murder, Manslaughter, and Mayhem on the South Coast, Volume 2, 1970 to 1999, by John B. “Red” Cummings Jr. and Stefani Koorey, PhD (Hillside Media, 2018), Link.
  • Anti-Slavery Days in Fall River and the Operation of the Underground Railroad, by Edward Stowe Adams (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2017), Link.
  • Granite, Grit, and Grace: An Exploration of the Fascinating Side Streets of Fall River’s History, by William A. Moniz (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2017), Link.
  • Women at Work: An Oral History of Working Class W0men in Fall River, Massachusetts, 1920 to 1970, by Dennis A. Binette, Michael Martins, and Joyce  B. Rodrigues (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2017), Link.
  • Murder, Manslaughter, and Mayhem on the South Coast, Volume 1, 1800 to 1969, by John B. “Red” Cummings Jr. and Stefani Koorey, PhD (Hillside Media, 2017), Link.
  • Back in the Day, by Pete Hosey (PearTree Press, 2016), Link.
  • America’s Voices: An Oral History of Fall River, Massachusetts, from 1900 to 1950, by Alfred J. Lima (PearTree Press, 2014), Link.
  • Lizzie Borden: Resurrections: A history of the people surrounding the Borden case before, during, and after the trial, by Sherry Chapman (PearTree Press, 2014), Link.
  • A River and its City: The influence of the Quequechan River on the Development of Fall River, Massachusetts, by Alfred J. Lima, Everett Castro, and Ken Champlin (PearTree Press, 2013), Link.
  • The Trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden: Book One, by Harry Widdows, Kat Koorey, and Stefani Koorey (PearTree Press, 2012), Link.
  • The Trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden: Book Two, by Harry Widdows, Kat Koorey, and Stefani Koorey (PearTree Press, 2012), Link.
  • The Trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden: Book Three, by Harry Widdows, Kat Koorey, and Stefani Koorey (PearTree Press, 2012), Link.
  • The Preliminary Hearing in the Lizzie Borden Case, New Edition, by Harry Widdows, Kat Koorey, and Stefani Koorey (PearTree Press, 2009), Link.


Journals and Literary Magazines:

  • The Literary Hatchet (online edition), by authors and artists worldwide (PearTree Press, 2008 to Present), Link.
  • The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies, by authors and scholars worldwide (PearTree Press, 2004-2013), Link.


Research Services

  • Library Degree from Drexel University, Digital Libraries
  • Training and expertise in research in Theatre, Film, English, and History


Clients have included:

  • BBC, London, England, Who Do You Think You Are? (Sharon Osborne)—Genealogy, History, Archive research
  • Animo TV, Dublin, Ireland, for BBC, Who Do You Think You Are? (Damien Dempsey episode)—Genealogy, History, Archive research
  • Fall River Historical Society (ongoing work)
  • Fall River Preservation Society


Indexing Services

  • Historic Fires of Fall River, by Stefani Koorey (History Press, 2016), Link. 
  • Fall River Revisited (Images of America), by Stefani Koorey (Arcadia Press, 2012), Link.
  • Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, by Dennis A. Binette and Michael Martins (Fall River Historical Society Press, 2011), Link
  • Arthur Miller’s Life and Literature: An Annotated and Comprehensive Guide, by Stefani Koorey (Scarecrow Press, 2000), Link.
  • Story Programs: A Source Book of Materials, 2nd Edition, by Caroline Sue Peterson, Anne D. Fenton, and Stefani Koorey (Scarecrow Press, 2000), Link.
  • PLUS, all books in the above non-fiction section.


Client List to date

Fall River Historical Society
William Spencer
William Pavao
BBC
Aurora Lewis
Fall River Preservation Society
John B. “Red” Cummings Jr.
Hillside Media

Nine Muses Books
Alfred J. Lima
Ada Jill Schneider
Richard Behrens
Sherry Chapman
Pete Hosey

Michael Brimbau
Larry Allen
Harry Widdows
Kat Koorey