Benjamin Lee

VP, Associate Publisher of Paperbacks

Ben Lee joined Dutton and Putnam as Vice President, Associate Publisher of paperbacks in March 2015.  He oversees the paperback conversion program for all of Dutton and Putnam’s books. Prior to joining Dutton and Putnam, Ben was most recently VP, Associate Publisher of Atria Books at Simon & Schuster, overseeing campaigns for many New York Times bestselling authors including Brad Thor, Jennifer Weiner, Vince Flynn, Theresa Caputo, Rachael Ray and Buddy Valastro. Prior to that at Simon, he sold the warehouse clubs and later handled Target, Readerlink, B&T, Ingram and the CBA. He started his publishing career at Random House, where he worked in sales with the warehouse clubs as well as in marketing with the Information Group.

Carrie Swetonic

Executive Director of Marketing

Carrie Swetonic is the Executive Director of Marketing for Dutton. She joined Dutton in 2007 and was named Executive Director for Putnam and Dutton in 2015. In her Dutton career, she has created and implemented bestselling campaigns for Ken Follett, Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, Tami Hoag, Brad Taylor, Timothy Keller, Julie Garwood, and many, many others. She and her staff develop the marketing strategies for Dutton’s entire list.

Amanda Walker

Director of Publicity

Amanda Walker joined Dutton as Publicist in 2007 and was named Director in 2014.  In her Dutton career, she has created and implemented bestselling campaigns for authors as diverse as Jonathan Tropper, Daniel J. Levitin, Joseph Finder, Ken Follett, Tracy Chevalier, John Hodgman, and Dan Savage.  In addition to managing the publicity department and developing publicity strategies for the entire list, Amanda works directly with many Dutton authors and has orchestrated publicity campaigns for breakout bestselling books including Clint Romesha’s Red Platoon, Jonathan Tropper’s This is Where I Leave You, and Mark Adams’ Turn Right at Machu Picchu, landing all of the respective authors on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time in their careers. Before joining Dutton, she worked at Simon & Schuster.

Stephen Morrow

VP, Executive Editor

Stephen Morrow joined Dutton in 2006 as an Executive Editor specializing in nonfiction. He edits a wide range of science, economics, psychology, narrative nonfiction, and investigative journalism.

His authors include: Award-winning writer, music producer, and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, author of the influential New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music, and the #1 international and New York Times bestseller The Organized Mind; Maria Goodavage, whose New York Times bestsellers Soldier Dogs and Top Dog garnered extraordinary national media attention; acclaimed theoretical physicist and award winning author Sean Carroll, whose latest book, The Big Picture, On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself was an instant New York Times bestseller; and preeminent science journalist Carl Zimmer whose magisterial She Has Her Mother’s Laugh was hailed as a leading contender for the most outstanding nonfiction book of 2018.

Upcoming titles include Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll; Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives by Daniel Levitin; and In the Waves: My Mission to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance. Before coming to Dutton, Stephen founded the imprint Pi Press and the hard science list at Free Press, Simon & Schuster, where he began his trade publishing career.

Stephen Morrow's Featured Titles

Something Deeply Hidden

Sean Carroll

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Carl Zimmer

Through Two Doors at Once

Anil Ananthaswamy

In the Waves

Rachel Lance

Successful Aging

Daniel J Levitin

Jill Schwartzman

Editorial Director

Jill Schwartzman joined Dutton in January 2012 with a mandate to acquire platform, publicity, and voice-driven nonfiction, with a focus on celebrity, pop culture, memoir, humor, music, biography, and narrative nonfiction. In 2018 she was also named Editorial Director of Plume. Her 2019 and 2020 list includes See Jane Win, Caitlin Moscatello’s narrative about women running for office in 2018, Steven M. Gillon’s revealing new biography about JFK Jr., America’s Reluctant Prince, pop culture celebrations of The Office and Friends, and New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan’s The Genius of Women. Other New York Times bestsellers at Dutton include Drew Barrymore’s Wildflower, Brooke Shields’s There Was a Little Girl, and Jeff Tweedy’s Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) and four books by Nick Offerman, including The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, co-written with Megan Mullally.

Before joining Dutton she was a Senior Editor at Hyperion and a Senior Editor at Random House Trade Paperbacks, where she published the trade paperback original New York Times bestsellers Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander, Gotcha Capitalism by Bob Sullivan, and White Girl Problems by Babe Walker.

Jill Schwartzman's Featured Titles

See Jane Win

Caitlin Moscatello

America's Reluctant Prince

Steven M. Gillon

Generation Friends

Saul Austerlitz

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)

Jeff Tweedy

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Megan Mullally
Nick Offerman

Maya Ziv

Executive Editor

Maya Ziv joined Dutton in September 2015 as an Executive Editor focusing on commercial and literary fiction with popular appeal. Recent and upcoming titles include Hank Green’s #1 New York Times bestseller An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan, Lock Every Door the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by journalist Kayleen Schaefer; and The Sea Beast Takes a Lover, a debut story collection from Michael Andreasen.

Before joining Dutton, she was a Senior Editor at Harper, where her list included Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, the New York Times bestselling novel based on the hit podcast; Roxane Gay’s New York Times bestseller Bad Feminist, and the national bestselling The Queen of the Tearling trilogy by Erika Johansen.

Maya Ziv's Featured Titles

On Being Human

Jennifer Pastiloff

Paris by the Book

Liam Callanan

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Hank Green

Text Me When You Get Home

Kayleen Schaefer

Brent Howard

Executive Editor

Brent Howard joined Dutton in March 2017, specializing in nonfiction with a focus on history, biography, military, politics and food. In a career spanning fourteen years, he has worked with a wide range of authors, including Daniel Stone, John C. McManus, Alex Kershaw, Luke Barr, William C. Davis, Harold Holzer, David O. Stewart, Greg Lewis, Phillips Payson O’Brien, John Oller, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Mark Jacobson, Rachel S. Cox, Gregory A. Freeman, Gregg Jones, John S.D. Eisenhower, R.V. Burgin, Brandon Webb, Larry Alexander, Jonathan W. Jordan, and Jack Cheevers.

Forthcoming books include New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw’s The First Wave, a thrilling, immersive tale of D-Day heroism; John C. McManus’s Fire and Fortitude, an epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War; David L. Roll’s George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, the definitive biography of one of America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman; and William C. Davis’s The Greatest Fury, a magisterial new account of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

Brent Howard's Featured Titles

The First Wave

Alex Kershaw

White Shoe

John Oller

Fire and Fortitude

John C. McManus

George Marshall

David L. Roll

Stephanie Kelly

Editor

Stephanie Kelly joined Dutton in 2011 as publisher’s assistant. She became an editor in 2017, and edits both fiction and nonfiction. She is interested in psychological thrillers, suspense, commercial fiction, women’s fiction, and pop culture, particularly with a humorous, millennial, or feminist bent. Recent and forthcoming titles include Dr. Amy Blackstone’s Childfree by Choice, Fiona Davis’s The Chelsea Girls, Hannah Shaw’s Tiny But Mighty: Kitten Lady’s Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines, Elizabeth L. Cline’s The Conscious Closet, and debut thrillers Stolen Things by R.H. Herron and Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly.

Stephanie Kelly's Featured Titles

Childfree by Choice

Dr. Amy Blackstone

The Chelsea Girls

Fiona Davis

Tiny But Mighty

Hannah Shaw

The Conscious Closet

Elizabeth L. Cline

Stolen Things

R. H. Herron

Theme Music

T. Marie Vandelly

Lindsey Rose

Executive Editor

Lindsey Rose joined Dutton in January 2019 as an executive editor with a particular focus on thrillers, crime, and suspense, as well as upmarket and commercial fiction.

Before coming to Dutton, Lindsey began her career at Grand Central Publishing, where she had the privilege of working with many bestselling and award-winning authors including David Baldacci, Iris Johansen, the Robert Ludlum Estate, Jeff Abbott, Sarah Blaedel, Robert Bryndza, Louise Jensen, Margaret Maron, M.C. Beaton, Marcia Muller, Eric Van Lustbader, Kyle Mills, Jamie Freveletti, and Nalo Hopkinson.

Upcoming books she’s excited to publish include Andrew Hunter Murray’s debut The Last Day, a near-future thriller in which the earth has ceased rotating and humanity’s future may lie in the hands of an ordinary woman who has stumbled upon a terrible secret; Abi Daré’s debut novel The Girl with the Louding Voice, following a young Nigerian girl desperate to get an education so she can have the power to speak for herself; David Klass’s fast-paced thriller (title to be announced) in which a young FBI agent confronts an “environmental terrorist” who believes his attacks may save the world; and S.K Barnett’s twisty psychological suspense novel Back, about a young woman kidnapped twelve years earlier who finally escapes her captors–only to find that home may not be the safe haven she expected.

Lindsey Rose's Featured Titles

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Abi Daré