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Ashley Pattison McClay, Vice President, Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing
Ashley Pattison McClay is Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing for Putnam. She has been with Putnam since 2015, and with Penguin Random House since 2010. Prior to that she worked at Henry Holt & Company. Since joining Putnam, Ashley has overseen marketing campaigns for franchise bestsellers including John Sandford, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, C.J. Box,…
Read MoreBenjamin Lee, VP, Associate Publisher of Paperbacks
Ben Lee joined Dutton, Putnam, and Berkley 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, Putnam, and Berkley, 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.
Read MoreJamie Knapp, Director of Publicity
Since joining Dutton in 2008, she has built buzzworthy and bestselling campaigns for many books including the Read with Jenna pick THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE by Abi Daré, the New York Times bestseller TRIXIE AND KATYA’S GUIDE TO MODERN WOMANHOOD, NBA Star Andre Iguodala’s THE SIXTH MAN , and THE BOY by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag.
Read MoreStephanie Cooper, Director of Marketing
Stephanie Cooper is Director of Marketing for Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books. She has more than 13 years of experience marketing bestselling trade books, including literary and commercial women’s fiction, narrative nonfiction and memoir, and pop culture and design books.
Read MoreAmanda Walker, Executive 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 many nonfiction and fiction authors, including Hank Green, Daniel J. Levitin, Tamer Elnoury, W. Kamau Bell, Joseph Finder, Ken Follett, Tracy Chevalier, John Hodgman, and Dan Savage. In addition…
Read MoreKimberly Meilun, Assistant Editor
Kimberly Meilun joined Portfolio in 2019 after working in anti-financial crime consulting and criminal defense. She’s interested in acquiring books by leaders who are reforming systems and institutions, prescriptive business and personal development books by female authors with strong voices and points of view, prescriptive and inspirational books by and for ambitious creatives, and idea-driven…
Read MoreCaroline Sydney, Associate Editor
Caroline Sydney is an Assistant Editor at Penguin Press. Previously, she was an Editorial Assistant at Other Press and joined Penguin Press in 2017.
Read MoreMia Council, Editor
Mia Council started at Penguin Press in 2017. Her list includes Acceptance: A Memoir by Emi Nietfeld, Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs by Benjamin Herold, and My First Book by Honor Levy. She is a graduate of Smith College and the Columbia Publishing Course and is a Virginia native. She largely…
Read MoreCasey Denis, Editor
Casey Denis is an Editor at Penguin Press. She began her career in publishing at McGraw-Hill, and joined Penguin Press as an Editorial Assistant in 2015.
Read MoreJuli Kiyan, Editor and Associate Director of Publicity
Juli Kiyan is an Editor and Associate Director of Publicity at Penguin Press. She began her career at Scribner and joined Penguin Press in 2011 as a publicist. In 2020, her role expanded to acquire and edit titles.
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