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Read MoreKatherine Jimenez, Marketing Assistant
Katherine joined Portfolio in September 2025 as a Marketing Assistant. In her role, she supports the development and execution of promotional strategy across the Portfolio list, contributing to campaigns that drive visibility and engagement. She is particularly passionate about influencer marketing, social media strategy, and strategic partnerships, and is excited to help continue building Portfolio’s…
Read MoreLota Erinne, Editorial Assistant
Lota Erinne is an Editorial Assistant at Avery and Tarcher. She earned her BA in English and BS in Finance from the University of Alabama, and she spent the next few years teaching English in Spain through Fulbright grants and freelance editing before joining the team in 2022. She has worked on titles by authors including…
Read MoreLynn 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 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 MoreMelanie Fried, Executive Editor
Melanie Fried joined Putnam in 2025 and acquires high-concept fiction for a crossover audience—upmarket and commercial suspense/mysteries with book club appeal; dramas with either a heartfelt or edgier tone; hooky historicals and dual-narratives with a mystery element or magical twist; love story-mystery or romance-suspense combinations; and nostalgic love stories with scope. Across categories, she’s always…
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