David Smale, left, poses with longtime Kansas City broadcaster Al Wallace, at Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas. Wallace is now a KU adjunct instructor in journalism. Smale worked with Wallace on Wallace's recent book, One for the Coyotes.
Amy Woods Butler, founder and owner of The Story Scribe.
Mission Point Press
Knows Kansas City
Mission Point Press maintains a strong publishing presence in the Kansas City, Mo., region and throughout Missouri and Kansas, including St. Louis and Wichita. Since MPP’s beginning, the company has published books for, among others:
— Children’s Mercy Hospital
— The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
— University of Missouri – Kansas City Medical School
— Kansas City photographer Bruce Mathews
— The George K. Baum family
— Barnett Helzberg and his entrepreneur mentoring program, HEMP
— Country Club Christian Church
— The Historic Preservation Commission of Kansas City
— The Drumm Farm Center for Children
— The Kansas City Star
… and a number of other organizations and individual authors (fiction and non-fiction)
David Smale
Leading our effort in Kansas City is David Smale, a Kansas City-based author who has published 27 books, mostly on sports history. David has covered sports—professional, college and high school—for more than 40 years for various publications and outlets. David has worked on non-sports books as well. He enjoys helping other people tell their stories, and more than half of his 27 books were written on an "as told to" basis.
He and his wife have been married for 41 years. They are the proud parents of two grown children and happily spend time with their three beautiful granddaughters. He is active in his church and community, including singing in the Kansas City Symphony Chorus.
Amy Woods Butler
Leading our effort in Missouri and Kansas, outside of Kansas City – including St. Louis – is Amy Woods Butler. Amy is the founder and owner of The Story Scribe, a writing service that has been helping individuals and families document their history in privately produced books since 2010. (www.TheStoryScribe.com.) Amy is a former book reviewer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and has published interviews, essays and reviews in a number of local and regional publications. She conducts workshops and seminars on the craft of writing, with a special focus on memory and story, and delights in helping authors bring their books to life.
Contact us:
Kansas City: For information on working with Mission Point Press in Kansas City, contact David at 816-507-4322 or david@missionpointpress.com.
St. Louis, Columbia, Springfield, Wichita, Lawrence: For information on working with Mission Point Press in other Missouri and Kansas cities, contact Amy at 816-377-8694 or amy@missionpointpress.com.
Or, contact Doug Weaver, MPP Partner and former book publisher of The Kansas City Star, at 231-421-9513 or doug.missionpointpress@gmail.com.
