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Ashley Garland, Publicity Director
Ashley Garland has worked on dozens of national media campaigns for award-winning and New York Times bestselling Riverhead authors including James McBride, Daniel Pink, Anne Lamott, Danzy Senna, Michele Harper, and Randall Munroe.Â
Read MoreJenn Houghton, Associate Publishing Manager
Jenn Houghton (she/her) joined Viking Penguin in October 2021 and assists Brian Tart and Nina Rodriguez-Marty. She graduated with a Creative Writing B.A. from William Paterson University which she earned while managing a retail business in Montclair, New Jersey. Moving on from small business, she entered the world of publishing with a passion for absurdist…
Read MoreMarissa Davis, Editorial Assistant
Marissa Davis (she/her) joined Viking, Penguin Books, and Penguin Classics in 2021 as an assistant to John Siciliano and Ibrahim Ahmad. Originally from Kentucky, she graduated from Vanderbilt University before pursuing her MFA in poetry from New York University. Prior to joining Viking Penguin, she interned at Frances Goldin Literary Agency, served as a translations…
Read MoreCamille LeBlanc, Editor
Camille LeBlanc acquires fiction and nonfiction for Viking Penguin. She is drawn to literary and upmarket fiction with an irresistible voice and hook, character-driven crime, suspense, and thrillers, and novels that offer a fresh lens on the world—whether through an evocative sense of place, sharp social critique, or an innovative speculative premise. On the nonfiction…
Read MoreAllie Merola, Editor
Allie Merola acquires fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Viking Penguin and Penguin Poets. She is interested in literary and upmarket fiction with a distinctive voice and pitch; mystery and suspense novels with complex, unusual characters and a strong sense of place; narrative, idea-driven, and multidisciplinary nonfiction and essays across a wide range of subjects—including youth…
Read MoreJenn Houghton, Publishing Associate
Jenn Houghton (she/her) joined Viking Penguin in October 2021 and assists Brian Tart. She graduated with a Creative Writing B.A. from William Paterson University, which she earned while managing a retail business in Montclair, New Jersey. Moving on from small business, she entered the world of publishing with a passion for absurdist fiction, introspective narratives,…
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 MoreNidhi Pugalia, Editor
Nidhi Pugalia joined Viking Penguin in 2019, after beginning her editorial career at Grand Central Publishing. In fiction, she is drawn to lyrical writing and propulsive plotting in the speculative, grounded science fiction/fantasy, and magical realism spaces with a particular emphasis on books that can cross with other categories like romance, historical fiction, psychological suspense,…
Read MoreMarie Michels, Editor
Marie Michels (she/her) joined Pamela Dorman Books in 2020. She’s looking for rom-coms that actually make her laugh out loud, and fiction ranging from commercial to book club. She’s drawn to characters with interesting jobs or hobbies, a skillful balance of grief and humor (think The Big Chill), and group dynamics, especially among friends and siblings.
Read MoreMatt Boyd, VP, Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing
Matthew Boyd is the VP, Associate Publisher, and Director of Marketing at Penguin Press. He has been with Penguin since 2005 and has previously worked at Riverhead Books, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, and in Penguin corporate.
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