The publishing firm, Bunim & Bannigan, Ltd. was formed in NYC in 2005, by Paul Williams, a publisher, and James Munves, an author. Williams, who sadly died in 2010, brought to the company more than twenty-five years experience at Random House, Grove Press, Rizzoli International, Routledge, and Overlook Press. He received a BA in English and Philosophy from Haverford College and, in 1997, founded Herodias, Inc., an award-winning publisher in the humanities. He was Executive Director of NAIPR, the National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives, an industry trade group.