Katharine T. Carroll Managing Director Trowbridge & Tintera LLC

In 1990, Katharine Carroll founded KTCommunications (KTC), a small public relations firm. KTC devises and manages publicity strategies to generate consumer and trade exposure for major magazines, authors, artists, programs, events, filmmakers, business, finance and other industry experts. KTC handles all aspects of public relations, including editorial and trade press releases, pitch letters, print placement and broadcast interviews, and special events, conventions, trade shows. KTC has been responsible for numerous national and local television, radio, internet and print placements yearly.

KTC currently is the U.S. publicity director for Titan Books, and Titan Comics a UK-based publisher of science fiction, fantasy, horror, autobiography, biography, art, music, photography, comics, graphics novels, film & TV companions, and reference titles; as well as the exceptional pulp imprint (both distributed by Random House).

Among some of the hundreds of book authors/projects KTC has handled are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's novel Mycroft Holmes; Stephen King's pulp noir novel Joyland; Evangeline Lilly's (Lost, and The Hobbit) illustrated children's book The Squickerwonkers; Cathleen Smith and Fred Schneider's (B-52s) illustrated children's book Sassafrass Jones published in collaboration with plush toy manufacturer Steiff; Comics legend and The Simon and Kirby Library; The Art of Jim Lee; Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae; The Art of ; Kevin Smith's Shootin the Sh*t with Kevin Smith, My Boring Ass Life and Crazy for Cult: Cult Movie Art; Tim Lebbon's Coldbrook, and The Silence; Sci-Fi authors including , Christopher Priest, George Mann, Chris Wooding, James P. Blaylock, Kevin J. Anderson; Popular horror series Anno Dracula by Kim Newman; Trevor O. Munson's cult hit Angel of Vengeance; Crime fiction authors Lawrence Block, and Harlan Ellison, as well as newly discovered books by legendary authors including James. M. Cain, Donald Westlake, Mickey Spillane , Ed McBain and Gore Vidal; Globally recognized franchises including Doctor Who, Alien, Robocop, Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, 66, Titanfall, Assassin's Creed and 300. TV and film tie-ins including properties for Starz' Spartacus, The CW's Supernatural, AMC's The Killing and Warner Bros The Dark Knight Rises; ABC's Lost, Joss Whedon's Firefly, Fox's Fringe and Bones, NBC's Grimm; Licensed comics tie-ins with The Walking Dead, , Transformers, Star Trek, Tank Girl and Lenore, Flash Gordon, Beetle Bailey, Hagar, Peanuts, Betty Boop; Music biographical titles for legendary greats including Matt Monro, Little Willie John, Scroobius Pip, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Smiths, Dave Grohl; Art books for classics including Andrew Loomis, Tarzan, Chris Foss, The Watchmen, Fred Gambino, Juan Ortiz.

KTC formerly directed U.S. publicity for Osprey Publishing - a military history book publishing company, and its sister imprint and publishers of SF/F, Angry Robot. KTC also represents several individual book authors in fiction, travel, history, design, children’s, and religion fields.

Additional past book author clients have Elizabeth Minchilli, author of Italian Rustic; U.S. Ambassador Richard Gardner, author of Mission Italy; best-selling mystery writer Sara Paretsky; business management expert Allen Fishman, CEO of The Alternative Board and author of 7 Secrets of Great Entrepreneurial Masters; Food Network Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence (Eat This Book), food & wine writer John Mariani, Africare’s Joseph Kennedy, fiction writers E.Jean Carroll, Bill Tonelli, among others.

Past magazine publishing clients have included: Southern Living magazine, published by Time Inc’s Southern Progress Corporation, which includes the annual Southern Living Cook-Off, and Southern Living Homes and Garden events; and Southern Progress Corporation, Corporate Public Relations group. Time Inc.’s Coastal Living, Health, Hippocrates, Sports Illustrated For Kids, , Life, Money, People, Parenting, BabyTalk, This Old House; Martha Stewart Living; Hachette’s Swing; Condé Nast’s McCall’s; Hearst’s Colonial Homes, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, House Beautiful, Motor Boating & Sailing, Popular Mechanics, Redbook, Sports Afield, Town & Country, Victoria; Reader’s Digest’s New Choices; Miller Publishing’s Vibe magazine; Primedia’s American Baby Group, which publishes American Baby and Healthy Kids magazines; and Advanstar Healthcare Communications.

In addition to the print publishing world, KTC has also represented: America's Research Group; political journalist Chris Nolan with Spot-On.com; High-Tech lifestyle editor Ed Curran, of CBS-TV in Chicago; Technogadgets editor Scott Cameron High-Tech trend analysts Sabrina Balthazar and Jessica Curran of toytestester.com; NYC educational outreach programs and special events; and the Teachers & Writers Collaborative NYC literary arts education programs.

KTC has also worked in collaboration with Giles Communications, in White Plains, N.Y., in the handling of publicity for various projects including: product placements for The Dial Corporation; Yamaha’s digital music products, and the national music programs run by the International Association of Music Merchants.

Prior to her position at KTC, Carroll was a senior publicist in the corporate communications department at Time Inc. Magazines, a division of Time Warner Inc., where she began her career in publicity in 1980. At Time Inc. for ten years, Carroll was part of a team handling p.r. efforts for Time, Life, People, Money, Fortune, as well as the publicity launches for Time Inc’s Entertainment Weekly, Discover and TV CableWeek. Carroll worked closely with the editorial staff at these publications to develop, implement and deliver ideal strategies for broadening awareness.

Carroll graduated with a B.A. in English from Boston University in 1980. She is a native New Yorker and resides in Westchester, N.Y., with her husband and their three children.

2015