Carlton Wilborn - Founder/Creative DirectorCarlton Wilborn, the founder of Treelife Publishing, is also an author, actor, choreographer, and dancer who made his mark in over twenty film, television and theatre projects.
Wilborn began his professional career at Chicago’s prestigious Hubbard Street Dance Company. He performed for five consecutive years as a soloist in Ruth Page’s Nutcracker and as a resident guest artist for Ballet Met. Soon after, Carlton followed his internal compass to Hollywood, landing the position of Madonna’s lead dancer in her “Blond Ambition” and “The Girlie Show” tours, and in the documentary feature “Truth or Dare.”
In addition, he has appeared on such shows as “CSI: Miami,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Practice,” “Fame L.A.” “L.A. Firefighters” and “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie.” Wilborn has also appeared in Joel Silver’s “Made Men,” in the powerful Hughes Brothers film “Dead Presidents,” in The New York Shakespeare Festival production of “Blade to the Heat” and the theatrical production of “The Ten Commandments.”
Throughout his career, Carlton has worked with such creative luminaries as photographer Herb Ritts, fashion designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Dolce and Gabbana, as well as entertainment icons Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Herb Alpert, George Clinton, Natalie Cole, Anita Baker, and Jill Scott, among others.
Carlton has always strived to embrace all the gifts and knowledge his multi-dimensional career has brought to his life – not the least of which has been an awareness of the profoundly healing, penetrating, barrier-transcending force of music. In his willingness to explore uncharted territory, Carlton also discovered the necessity and the power of the liberated written word, and has felt compelled to find and create avenues to harness that power. With that in mind, he has taken the bull by the horns and created Treelife Publishing, a platform that will allow the two worlds of rhythm and writing to blend seamlessly together with an everlasting impact.
Emiko North - Art Director
Ms North is currently one of 9 members of the award-winning Matsuno Design Group – a boutique studio in a warehouse in Glendale, CA. – creating high-profile print for the Hollywood entertainment industry.
Big-picture thinking, marketing savvy, powerful communication arts skills, and a passion for working at the highest level have kept Emiko involved in dream film projects, including the trade campaigns for Academy Award® winners Dreamgirls, Road To Perdition, Almost Famous, Shrek, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, as well as collectible packaging and merchandising for the Harry Potter, Friends, Gilmore Girls, and Two and a Half Men DVD franchises.
Over the past 20 years, Ms Northo has used her talents to create graphics in support of organizations and activities including AIDSRide, Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, the California Democratic Party, Centerpoint Theatre Group, City of Hope, EMILY’S List, Focus On AIDS, and Women’s Legal Defense Fund.
Ms North’s fine art photo-illustrations and prints have been published and collected worldwide. She holds a BA with honors from UCLA and has also studied at Art Center College of Design.
Ms North usually cites as her influences Giorgio Armani, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Corn Flakes -- representatives of the classic qualities “form follows function” and “less is more”.
Linda Posnick - Photographer
While perfecting her talents by assisting and documenting the work of celebrity photographer Herb Ritts with her eye for composition, Linda started incorporating production stills into advertising campaigns.
Ms Posnick’s photographs have been published in Vogue, Interview, In Style, Cosmopolitan, Cosmo Girl, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, Max, Marie Clare, and Harper’ Bazaar Magazines.
Her photography has been featured on DVD packaging: Air Bud Spikes Back, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, and various workout videos. Her work has been used for hair and makeup tests for movie studios and movie posters.
Ms Posnick’s images were used on the cover and in the inside of the “Victoria’s Secret’s Backstage Sexy” book. A hardbound limited edition, coffee table book featuring images of Victoria’s secret models. She worked closely with authors Caroline Blakmore and Barbara Weston Ramirez on their latest book “Baby Read-Aloud Basics” Linda photographed mothers and father interacting and reading to their children.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Ms Posnick studied photography at Santa Monica City College. She resides in Los Angeles with her son, Lukas.
Vivien Kooper - Chief Editor
Ms Kooper has been a professional freelance author, writer-for-hire, ghostwriter, and developmental copy editor since 1999. She brings the highest element of craft, talent, professionalism, and Spirit-guided intuition to all projects, and always stays true to the author’s intention and the integrity of their writing.
Ms Kooper has been writing fiction, poetry, and song lyrics since she was fourteen years old. A revised version of a novel she ghostwrote, which introduces a new Christmas character, made it onto the New York Times bestseller list. Additionally, Ms Kooper has published two nonfiction books – she is co-author of “Tiny Tim and Mr. Plym: Life As We Knew It” and author of “Making Hollywood Magic – Secrets of Studio Work.”
Among her editing clients are noted choreographer/dancer Carlton Wilborn, British horror screen queen Hazel Court, famed screenwriters Wayne and Donna Powers (the Italian Job remake for Paramount), author and inspirational speaker Bob Lancer, screenwriter David Holzman, screenwriter Yogi Kathuria, author Jason Hughes (“One Man’s Love Story”), author Karen Deborah Farris (“MESHE, HESHE, MISON & ORBIT – What My Grandmother Taught Me About the Universe”), Stephany Yarbrough, Ph.D., and many more.
Ms Kooper has walked an extraordinary path and is intimately familiar with the remarkable twists and turns of life. The human condition is her specialty, in both her writings and her editing. Her unique ability to understand the human experience and the interior world of a character makes her the ideal editor for any story with people, humanity, or the arts as its subject.
