Tarini Sipahimalani, Assistant Editor

Tarini Sipahimalani joined Putnam in 2021 and acquires upmarket fiction. She’s drawn to emotionally resonant and psychologically penetrating stories that speak to the universalities of the human experience, that don’t shy away from characters’ messy or darker depths, and narratives that heal, be it by connecting the peculiar with the sublime, a sweeping romance with…

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Aranya Jain, Assistant Editor

Aranya Jain joined Putnam in 2021 and acquires high-concept fiction, especially contemporary fantasy geared toward a commercial audience. She’s easily lured by a beguiling voice or an uncanny premise, something that unnerves, inspires whimsy, or expands our curiosity about the scope of the universe. Grounded fantasy, upmarket horror, mainstream science fiction, and literary speculative fiction…

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Ashley Di Dio, Assistant Editor

Ashley Di Dio joined Putnam in 2020 and publishes upmarket book club fiction across multiple genres that focuses on resilient characters, diverse perspectives, and asks big moral questions. Her nonfiction leans narrative in nature and includes memoir, self-help, psychology, and select history with a pop culture, millennial/gen-z, or feminist bent. Ashley has worked with New…

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Megan McCormack, Assistant Editor

Megan McCormack joined the Thesis team in 2021. She is interested in books on infrastructure, technology, and systemic societal issues—books that challenge us to reexamine aspects of everyday life we may take for granted. She is particularly keen to find provocative takes on feminism, gender, and relationships. Her forthcoming books with Thesis include a polemic from…

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Alex Wolfe, Associate Editor

Alex Wolfe is an associate editor who works on picture books, middle grade, graphic novels, and everything in between. She is particularly passionate about fiction that emphasizes humor, strong female characters, distinctive artwork, joyful stories, and anything weird, whimsical, and absurd! When not editing, you can usually find her listening to a comedy podcast, watching…

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Celina Sun, Assistant Editor

Celina Sun is an assistant editor at Penguin Workshop, where she edits the Who HQ graphic novel line as well as select illustrated fiction. Celina looks to champion joyful, escapist stories by underrepresented voices that capture all the tender and thorny emotions of growing up, falling in love, and navigating evolving relationships with friends, family,…

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Gabriela Taboas Zayas, Associate Editor, Brands & Licenses

Gabriela Taboas is an Associate Editor who works on editing brands and licensed titles including Bluey, The Night Before, Holly Horror, Godzilla, Ford, and many more. She is interested in acquiring middle grade, YA novels, and graphic novels from marginalized voices, particularly stories that are horror, contemporary fantasy, and thrillers.

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