Frank Brannon is the proprietor of SpeakEasy Press near Dillsboro, North Carolina. His approach to bookbinding is holistic - on-site letterpress printing, hand papermaking and bookbinding.

Donald Glaister is a design binder using unusual binding materials, visual humor and spontaneous visual expression - all within the framework of the classical European fine binding form. He directs the Fine Binding Program at the American Academy of Bookbinding.