The Team
Meet the people who work at Leonard’s Book Restoration!
Eric J. Haley
Partner
Eric J. Haley is the youngest son of Leonard Haley, and is the founder of Leonard’s Book Restoration, now Leonard’s Books, LLC. He has a unique set of qualifications for the business, including a background in and love for history, antique books and ephemera, and arts and crafts. He is also an assistant pastor of a local church and is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Eric supervises a team of highly skilled and artistic bookbinders and is still the go-to guy for questions like what would be period appropriate for a particular book.
Margie L. Haley
Partner
Margie L. Haley is Eric’s partner at Leonard’s and his wife. Her background in computers, writing, and bookkeeping keep things running smoothly and the taxes paid.
Margie is also a U.S. Air Force veteran; in fact, Eric and Margie met in the Air Force 50 years ago, and they have raised and home-schooled a family of eight children, many of whom have worked for Leonard’s or work here now.
Margie also enjoys music and theatre, and is generally spotted with singing Sunday School kids around Christmas and Easter.
Chris Haley
Bookbinder
Chris Haley is the elder son of Eric and Margie, and father to two of their many talented grandkids. He was involved with the bookbinding from its earliest stages but he has been working full-time at Leonard’s since 2008.
Chris specializes in antiquarian books and family Bibles. He is particularly talented in art and music, and also loves cooking when he gets a chance. Mostly, Chris just loves Jesus!
Joe Silva
Bookbinder
Joe is a graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College Indianapolis and he’s been working at Leonard’s since 2012. He was noticed by Susie Haley there because of his love for Jesus, and became part of the family. Joe and Susie have five charming kids and homeschool them just like their parents both did.
With the skills he has developed here, he rebinds many personal Bibles and has developed some new techniques. He is now our shop supervisor. Pictured is his firstborn son, who likes to hang out with his dad at the shop.
Zach Smith
Bookbinder
Zach’s family has also been among our homeschooling circle for a long time. He is an Eagle Scout who joined the team at Leonard’s in 2017 and is producing many hand-dyed, tooled covers for us. He is also developing new ideas for making tooling designs and 3-D covers.
Joe Stewart V
Shipping and Receiving / Customer Service
Joe is our shipping and receiving specialist. He is a former homeschooler and a US Army veteran with a big heart. He enjoys his job, learning even more about something he loves (books), and working alongside someone he loves (Valerie).
Valerie Stewart
Bookbinder / Customer Service
Valerie was one of the original Haley kids, who worked at Leonard’s since 2009, took a 2-year break while she went to college, got married, and then returned in 2019, bringing her husband with her.
Valerie has been working in the bookbinding shop since her return and also prepares estimates for our customers.
