Lynn Portnoff, VP and Executive Art Director of Penguin Workshop, Rise, and Tinker
Lynn Portnoff is the VP and Executive Art Director of Penguin Workshop, Rise, and Tinker. She has been with Workshop since 2014 and oversees a team of talented art directors and designers to bring our books, which come in all formats for ages zero to teen, to life. Lynn has designed several New York Times bestselling picture books, such…
Read MoreMary Claire Cruz, Senior Art Director
As an art director, Mary Claire (they/them) oversees the design team’s work for Penguin Workshop’s middle grade, young adult, and graphic novel titles as well as Penguin Young Readers’ licensed publishing program. Reviewing all titles in these categories for a strong visual identity and narrative, quality control, and format necessities—Mary Claire makes sure their team…
Read MoreZoë Mohaupt, Editorial Assistant
Zoë Mohaupt joined Putnam in 2025 after completing a B.A. in History at Yale. She enjoys reading fiction that marries a strong voice with conceptual ambition—works with historical resonance, formally inventive structures, or intellectually curious through-lines, particularly novels with a strong sense of time and place. She is also interested in global voices and works…
Read MoreRISE × Penguin Workshop – Praise
Publishing books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers is an immense responsibility. At RISE, we have the power to inspire our readers to become a generation of empowered, confident, self-loving, empathetic, and resilient people… all through the power of exposure. Every book we publish serves to help children feel smart, capable, important, safe, and loved.
Read MoreRISE × Penguin Workshop – Submissions
Publishing books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers is an immense responsibility. At RISE, we have the power to inspire our readers to become a generation of empowered, confident, self-loving, empathetic, and resilient people… all through the power of exposure. Every book we publish serves to help children feel smart, capable, important, safe, and loved.
Read MoreJustina Vasquez, Editorial Assistant
Justina reads widely across fiction and nonfiction, from serious journalism to thrillers and sci-fi. She was part of the most recent class of PRH interns, working with Library and Audio Marketing, Sales, and Social Media. Prior to that she interned at Norton, taught English as a Foreign Language in Japan, worked as a bookseller at…
Read MoreAddi Parks, Editorial Assistant
Addi joined Portfolio, Sentinel, and Thesis in July of 2025 after working as a history teacher in Texas. She has a passion for the way books put people in conversation with one another and ideas. She is focused on editing and acquiring books that engage with the philosophy of history and challenge mainstream thought on…
Read MoreThe Open Field
The Open Field is a publishing imprint with a mission and a purpose: to publish bestselling and award–winning books that rise above the noise and move humanity forward. Founded in 2021 by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Maria Shriver in partnership with Penguin Life, The Open Field curates nonfiction…
Read MoreShelby Meizlik, Executive Publicist
Since joining The Open Field in 2020, Shelby Meizlik has orchestrated numerous high-impact publicity campaigns for bestselling titles. Her work includes The Way of Integrity and Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck; and I Am Maria by Maria Shriver; among others. Shelby is known for her strategic, author-focused approach that consistently lands major media coverage and…
Read MoreMaria Shriver, Publisher
Maria Shriver is a mother and grandmother, a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer. She is the author of eight New York Times bestselling books, the former First Lady of California, an NBC News Special Anchor, founder of Shriver Media, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, the brain health brand MOSH, and the publisher of The…
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