Anna Currence was CEO of Kitchen Bazaare from 1993 to 1995, before she was recruited to the President and COO spot at ailing Crown Books

Crown Books

Crown Books Corporation was a bookseller headquartered in Lake Arbor, an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, near Largo and Upper Marlboro. It was founded in the Washington, D.C., metro area by Robert Haft in 1977...

 in 1997. She assumed Crown's CEO position January 12, 1998. She was instrumental in the bankruptcy-emergence of the book retailer, though she left Crown in October 1998, just 1 month before it emerged from Chapter 11. After Crown Books, Ms Currence became an executive recruiter with Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

-based Brooke Chase Associates Inc.

Previous to her executive positions, Currence worked for Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...

from 1973 to 1990, playing an instrumental role in their move from small-format stores to the superstore concept.

Additional Sources

• Crown Books - Employment Agreement Re: Anna L. Currence, January 12, 1998
• "Crown Books Files Consensual Plan of Reorganization", Crown Books Press Release, July 1, 1999
• Crown Books Plan of Reorganization is Confirmed, Crown Books Press Release, October 7, 1999
• Crown Books files Chapter 11, unit closings inevitable, Discount Store News, July 27, 1998