Team Member
David Howe, Associate Editor
David Howe joined Dutton in 2024. His areas of non-fiction include health & wellness, personal development, business, psychology, pop culture, sports, science, journalism, political science, and food. On the fiction side, he edits thrillers, speculative fiction, and geopolitical novels. He is the editor of The Undiscovered Country, a New York Times bestseller and one of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best…
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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 MoreMary Baker, Associate Editor
Mary Baker (she/her) is an Associate Editor at Berkley and a graduate of Emerson College. She joined the editorial team in 2021 after starting her career in Penguin’s subsidiary rights contracts department. Mary acquires books that leave a reader glowing, whether they’re swoony romance (contemporary and historical) and rom-coms, clever feel-good mysteries, delightfully cozy fantasy, or a fresh genre-mashup. She works with acclaimed and bestselling authors such as Mallory Marlowe, Simone Soltani, Auralee Wallace, Amanda Elliot, and Ellen O’Clover. Mary is a lifelong St. Louis Blues hockey fan, a grumpy/sunshine devotee, and has a lot of opinions about the best pizza in New York.
Read MoreAsiya Ahmed, Junior DesignerÂ
Junior Designer Asiya Ahmed is a Black and South Asian Muslim creative, and currently lives in New York. A graduate with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations, she has a Certificate in Visualization and Design and worked as a graphic designer for four years before joining Kokila. She believes in transforming powerful narratives through literature and…
Read MoreNicole Fox, Editor
Cecily Kaiser joined Penguin in 2019 with a mission to create engaging, empowering, and elegant books for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. She has previously worked with major contributors to this category such as Norman Bridwell, Caroline Jayne Church, Barney Saltzberg, Jean Jullien, Leslie Patricelli, Chris Raschka, and Lotta Nieminen, and looks forward to continuing to publish groundbreaking talent for the youngest readers.
Read MoreMegan McCormack, Editor
Megan McCormack joined Portfolio in January 2021. She is interested in prescriptive books that deal with career development, communication, confidence, and personal finance, as well as idea-driven nonfiction which teaches us about the human mind or human behavior in unexpected ways; surprising subcultures; business scandals and corporate underbellies; and the impacts of tech and social…
Read MoreHelen Healey-Cunningham, Executive Editor
Since joining Portfolio, Thesis, and Sentinel in 2017, Helen has acquired and edited eight New York Times bestsellers. She gets excited about idea-driven books that offer bold new ways to see the world, especially books that warn of looming dangers, make provocative arguments, meditate on serious issues, and inspire positive change. She has edited a…
Read MoreMerry Sun, Editor
Merry Sun joined Portfolio in 2015. She publishes brilliant thinkers who are on a mission to share their ideas with smart, hungry readers. Topics in economics, social psychology, finance, technology, and the food business by academics and journalists interest her most. She also acquires practical non-fiction by smart and singular voices with a bold message.…
Read MoreTrish Daly, Senior Editor
Trish Daly joined Portfolio in 2019 with a focus on narrative and platform-driven nonfiction, especially business and economics, current affairs, big ideas, journalism, and the occasional memoir. She began her career at HarperCollins, where she acquired Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, and later worked at Little, Brown with the…
Read MoreBria Sandford, Executive Editor
Bria joined Portfolio and Sentinel in 2012 and helped launch Thesis in 2022. Her critically acclaimed and bestselling authors include Paul Kingsnorth, Amy Coney Barrett, Arthur Brooks, Peggy Noonan, Michael Lind, Abigail Shrier, and John McWhorter.
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