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Matt Klise, Editor
Matt Klise (he/him) joined Penguin Books in 2015 after working as a bookseller. He has edited a range of nonfiction, including memoir, environmental and science writing, psychology, philosophy, business, and food and drink, among others; and has worked with a wide array of authors, including Matt Haig, Benjamin Taylor, George Monbiot, Camper English, Phil Gaimon,…
Read MoreIbrahim Ahmad, Executive Editor
Ibrahim Ahmad joined Viking as executive editor in 2021. His nonfiction interests include current affairs, politics, history, science and technology, biography, business, and pop culture. He also publishes an eclectic array of literary fiction and crime fiction, with a particular focus on incendiary, urgent voices that subvert and expand the existing literature. His first title…
Read MoreSareer Khader, Editor
Sareer Khader (she/her) is an Editor at Berkley, which she joined in 2019. She is particularly keen to acquire unique and immersive fantasy (of all subgenres but particularly cozy fantasy and romantasy), atmospheric and genre-blending horror and mysteries, elevated romance and book club fiction, and voices from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. She works with a list of bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Shelby Mahurin, Nick Medina, Emily Krempholtz, and Sarah Adler. Sareer was raised on Disney and Bollywood, and her cat is basically the feline version of Toothless.
Read MoreLiz Sellers, Associate Editor
Liz Sellers (she/her) is an Associate Editor at Berkley, where she started her career in 2019 while earning her MS in Publishing from NYU. While she’s particularly keen to see books on the dark, edgier side of New Adult and adult romance, Liz acquires contemporary and historical romances and rom-coms that range from light and sweet to dark and spicy. When she’s not tending to her dozens of houseplants, singing along to a Broadway musical soundtrack, or snuggling with her two cats, Liz is on the lookout for genre-bending commercial fiction that blends an immersive, swoony love story with elements of action/adventure, simple fantasy or paranormal magic, or suspense. Her recent and upcoming projects include PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly, Willing Prey by Allie Oleander, and With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Sterling.
Read MoreJosh Starr, Managing Editor
Joshua Starr joined DAW Books in 2007 and has been DAW’s managing editor since 2012. Prior to joining DAW, he interned at Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, CMJ New Music Monthly, and the Center for Public Integrity. He is a graduate of Yale University.
Read MoreCaitlin Tutterow, Editor
Caitlin Tutterow is an editor at Nancy Paulsen Books and worked at Putnam Young Readers before joining the Paulsen team in 2021. She’s looking for children’s books for kids of all ages but is especially interested in acquiring novels where the lyrical meets the fantastical and stories told from strong, driven, vulnerable voices that you…
Read MoreJenn Snyder, Assistant Editor
Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.
Read MoreMiranda Hill, Assistant Editor
Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.
Read MoreAnnika Karody, Editorial Assistant
Annika Karody (she/her/hers) is an editorial assistant for Penguin Books and Penguin Life, where she works for Patrick Nolan and Meg Leder. Previously, she interned at Melville House Press and at Restless Books, where she worked on an anthology of literature by Rabindranath Tagore, due out in spring 2023. She is passionate about books that encourage readers to engage critically and thoughtfully with their own lives and the world around them.
Read MoreSimone Roberts-Payne, Assistant Editor
Simone Roberts-Payne (she/her) is an Assistant Editor at G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers. She came to PYR in 2021, after previously working for Jacqueline Woodson as a research assistant. Simone has assisted on YA projects by Sabaa Tahir, J. Elle, Jessica Goodman, and Sloan Harlow. She has always loved books from a teen…
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