Melanie Fried, Executive Editor

By Tarini Sipahimalani | June 5, 2025

Melanie Fried joined Putnam in 2025. She’s looking for female-driven, high-concept fiction for a crossover audience—domestic suspense; edgy relationship novels; historicals with a mystery or gothic element; glossy thrillers; juicy dramas; love stories with mysteries or nostalgic tones; book club novels with a strong romantic thread or magical twist; and romcom-thriller hybrids.
Prior to Putnam, she worked at St. Martin’s Press and HarperCollins, where she acquired books like Today Show Read with Jenna pick Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown, Indie Next pick The Housekeepers by Alex Hay, Target Book Club pick Miss del Rio by Barbara Mujica, and Agatha Award winner The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski. Other novels she has published include bestseller The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little, The Bookseller’s Secret by Michelle Gable, The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan, and Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely.

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