The Sisters

Angela Pestello and Kathleen MacCloud are The Sisters and owners of Pig Pen Publishing.

As children growing up in New Orleans, we were fortunate to have an abundance of opportunities to connect with a variety of wonderful, colorful people who happily shared their memories, and — most importantly — their stories with us, shaping us as well as our imaginations. When we grew to have children of our own, we carried those experiences with us, and those stories enriched their lives the same way it did ours. With this innate understanding of the importance of the stories, we knew we wanted to help bring more into the world.

In 2019, the year we sought to publish our first book, we stumbled across a hurdle all too familiar for authors. The publishing companies we had hoped to work with would not permit us to retain the rights to our book. Rather than selling off our hard work and beloved memories, we decided to take our love for storytelling and pour it into something new: Pig Pen Publishing.

By authors and for authors, Pig Pen Publishing empowers us to create what we want, to publish when we want, and to help support other authors how we want. At Pig Pen Publishing, we work hard to not only help authors navigate the ins and outs of the publishing world, but to ensure that they have the rights to their own stories.