The Gryphon Press

We're delighted that Emilie and Dana Buchwald of The Gryphon Press could join us on Connected Roots. The mission of The Gryphon Press is to publish beautifully illustrated children's picture books about the vital issues that animals - domestic, wild, and farmed - face, and to present those issues in such a way that children gain insights into and develop empathy for every animal life. Learn more about The Gryphon Press and how their books have changed the landscape for humane education and empathy development in young people around the world.

About our Guests:
​Emilie Buchwald, Publisher, is a writer, editor, award-winning children’s book author and teacher. Several years before founding The Gryphon Press, she retired as publisher of the nationally acclaimed nonprofit literary press Milkweed Editions, which she founded. She has received several awards for her work in the service of literature, including the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award and The National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award. Emilie is the author of two award-winning children’s novels, Gildaen and Floramel and Esteban.

Dana Buchwald, Associate Publisher, has worked as an attorney, as well as a producer, director, writer, and interviewer in theater and radio. She holds a B.A. from Carleton College and a Law Degree from Washington College of Law at American University. Dana is a senior district leader with the Humane Society of the United States and has served on the board of the Association of Professional Humane Educators (APHE). She volunteers with several animal advocacy groups to lobby on behalf of all animals, domestic, wild, and farmed.