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Laura Tisdel began her career as a publicist and then editor at Viking, and returned as an executive editor in 2015 after several years as an editor at Little, Brown and Company. She acquires literary fiction and is drawn to voice-driven stories and novels that communicate a strong sense of place or deep connection to an irresistible cast of characters. She also acquires narrative nonfiction and memoirs, and is particularly eager to find perspectives that provide a revealing, deep-dive look at undiscovered or overlooked subjects, books that deal with issues important to women and parents, and stories with a sense of humor.

Allison Lorentzen is an executive editor who joined Viking in 2012. She edits a range of literary and upmarket fiction and is often drawn to novels with memorable voices, a sense of humor, and settings that span the globe.

Executive Editor Paul Slovak edits a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including memoir, cultural history, and natural history. In fiction, he is interested in writers who have exuberant, distinctive voices and the ability to find new ways of telling stories and fresh and surprising ways of imagining characters.

Lindsay Prevette joined the Viking publicity department in 2006 and was named director of publicity in 2015. She has orchestrated publicity campaigns for numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy; Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; and The Signature of All Things; Lev Grossman’s The Magicians Trilogy; Give and Take by Adam Grant; Anticancer by David Servan-Schreiber; and Bettyville by George Hodgman. Before joining Viking, she worked in publicity at Ballantine.