Anna Paustenbach, Executive Editor
Executive Editor Anna Paustenbach joined Avery in 2024. She was previously Executive Editor at HarperOne, where she published #1 New York Times bestsellers and national bestsellers including The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy, You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith, Do Hard Things by Steve Magness, Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, and…
Read MoreNatalie Grant, Editorial Assistant
Natalie Grant joined Pamela Dorman Books in 2024. A lifelong reader of women’s fiction, she is thrilled to be supporting Pamela Dorman and Jeramie Orton as an editorial assistant. Natalie comes to Pamela Dorman Books with a background in social science research and Chaucer. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Wellesley College, where she…
Read MoreMaya Petrillo-Fernandez, Editorial Assistant
Maya Petrillo-Fernandez joined Viking and Pamela Dorman Books in March 2024, assisting Terezia Cicel and Seema Mahanian. Previously, Maya taught high school English in her hometown of NYC before pivoting to publishing as an assistant at Folio Literary Management. She enjoys character-driven fiction, narrative nonfiction, and literature across genres that sheds light on lesser-known histories.
Read MoreTarini Sipahimalani, Assistant Editor
Tarini Sipahimalani joined Putnam in 2021 and acquires bold, voice-driven upmarket fiction. She’s drawn to emotionally resonant and psychologically provocative stories that speak to the universalities of the human experience, excavate cultural truths, and offer an incisive reflection of the world by visceral way of mind. She loves binge-reads that don’t shy away from characters’…
Read MoreAranya 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…
Read MoreAshley Di Dio, Associate Editor
Ashley Di Dio joined Putnam in 2020 and publishes upmarket, cross-genre book club fiction and paradigm-shifting nonfiction that inspire, challenge, and analyze our morality and humanity, especiallythrough diverse perspectives. She loves big-hearted romance, sweeping family or friendship sagas, psychologically stimulating and propulsive stories, social commentary undertones, and anything involving haunted houses, witches, and magic. Her nonfiction…
Read MoreMegan McCormack, Editor
Megan 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 also particularly keen to find provocative takes on feminism, gender, and relationships. Her forthcoming books with Thesis include a polemic from the creators of The War on Cars podcast,…
Read MoreAlex 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…
Read MoreSonia Gadre, Editorial Assistant
Sonia Gadre joined Viking in February 2024 as the assistant to Lindsey Schwoeri and Allie Merola. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English and computer science. Prior to joining Viking Penguin, Sonia was an editorial assistant at The Yale Review and a product manager at Twitter. Her interests include literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and inventive poetry. She…
Read MoreThesis
Founded in 2023, Thesis is committed to publishing bold ideas that shape tomorrow’s discourse. Our imprint fosters unique perspectives, encourages intellectual diversity, and pushes the boundaries of conventional thought. Our mission: to provide a platform for voices that challenge the status quo, navigate the headwinds of ideological thought, and steer the evolution of tomorrow’s conversation.
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