President

Calvin Crosby, the majority shareholder and co-owner of Salt Lake City's, The King's English Bookshop, and Executive Director of Brain Food Books, a 501c3 that puts new books into the hands of those without regular access, has been in building community in bookselling for almost 30 years, including with Books Inc.. He is a Book Industry Charitable Foundation Board Member, a 2022 Duende- World BIPOC Leadership Award winner, and a juror for the 2023 National Book Award Foundations Fiction Category. Calvin's commitment to building equity around books and reading in communities without libraries, bookstores, or consistent access has been a lifelong mission. As a member of the Cherokee Nation, he believes in Land Back one Independent Bookstore at a time.