Sonia Gadre joined Viking in February 2024 as the assistant to 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 poetry that experiments with form. She grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and enjoys reading about the rural United States and the Global South.