Brianna Fairman, Assistant Editor

Brianna Fairman joined Putnam in 2024 and acquires a broad range of fiction across genres. She loves edgy, complex stories with a strong voice, and has a soft spot for brazen female characters, Gothic imagery, and themes of obsession and desire. Brianna is drawn towards curious and heartfelt nonfiction, including writing on science and nature, popular culture, true crime, and select histories.

Brianna has worked with authors like C. J. Box, Rob Hart, Mason Coile, Ivy Pochoda, and others. Prior to joining Putnam, Brianna was at MCD/FSG, where she edited New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tess Sharpe’s forthcoming sapphic thriller No Body No Crime, and worked with other bestselling and critically acclaimed authors such as Chris Pavone, Louisa Luna, Amanda Nguyen, Catherine Lacey, Laura van den Berg, Robin Sloan, and more.