Casey Ebro, Executive Editor

Casey Ebro, Executive Editor

Casey joined Portfolio in 2024. A dedicated author advocate, she believes in the power of books to expand minds, transform behavior, and improve both our professional and personal lives. She specializes in prescriptive titles by top experts, thought leaders, and practitioners in the areas of leadership, management, workplace culture, communication, entrepreneurship, innovation, professional development, and…

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Natalie Coleman, Assistant Editor

Natalie Coleman is an Assistant Editor and joined Penguin Press in 2021. She is a graduate of the NYU Journalism Institute’s Literary Reportage program and lives in Brooklyn. She is interested in acquiring primarily nonfiction, especially journalism, cultural criticism, history, and memoir.

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Tracy Behar, President and Publisher, Avery and Tarcher

Tracy Behar, President and Publisher of Avery and Tarcher, joined Penguin in 2024. She was previously at Little, Brown and Company, where she served as VP, Publisher, and Editor in Chief of the imprint she founded, Little, Brown Spark. She publishes in the categories of health, psychology, self-help, science, nature, and reference, and her roster…

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Isabel McCarthy, Associate Editor

Associate Editor Isabel McCarthy joined the Avery team in 2023. Isabel is looking to acquire cookbooks, as well as wellness and self-help titles. She has a special interest in plant-forward and sustainable cooking and enjoys working on books where personal stories and food go hand in hand. In the wellness and self-help area, Isabel is…

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Emma Dollar, Editorial Assistant

Emma Dollar joined Viking in October 2023 as the assistant to Patrick Nolan and John Siciliano. She graduated from Emory University with a degree in English & Creative Writing and International Studies, where her concentration on Latin American literature made her fall in love with works in translation. She is drawn to unusual stories and…

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Seema Mahanian, Executive Editor

Seema Mahanian rejoined Pamela Dorman Books/Viking in 2023. She is drawn to character and voice-driven fiction, family sagas, friendship and coming-of-age stories, and novels that amplify underrepresented voices and examine identity and contemporary life. Seema was previously at Grand Central Publishing where she published New York Times bestsellers Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (a Reese’s Book Club…

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Daphne Ming Durham, Executive Editor

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Daphne Ming Durham joined Putnam in 2023 from MCD / Farrar, Straus & Giroux and publishes genre-blurring fiction with sharp edges, diverse perspectives, and spiky protagonists. She loves voice-driven, surprising novels that readers might devour in one sitting, but come away having learned something—vivid, gripping stories that upend familiar tropes and push boundaries in crime,…

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Jacob Surpin, Senior Editor

Jacob Surpin joined TarcherPerigee in the spring of 2023, where he focuses on personal transformation, popular science, outdoors/nature, performance, and creativity titles. He is especially drawn to books that cut against expectation in some way or that reveal or draw on something previously hidden – ideas, stories, insights, teachings, or practices that can impact our…

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Lauren O’Neal, Senior Editor

Lauren O’Neal joined Tarcher in early 2023 and is looking to acquire a range of books in the practical nonfiction space. She is particularly interested in books about mental health and psychology, neurodiversity (ADHD and autism), spirituality and religion, nature, and language, as well as workbooks and guided journals. Prior to working at Tarcher, Lauren…

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Ella Kurki, Assistant Editor

Ella Kurki joined Dutton in February 2023, after starting her career at Penguin Michael Joseph in London. She loves voice and character-driven fiction with unique storytelling and unpredictable characters. On the nonfiction side, she’s interested in deeply researched stories that entertain, educate, and engage with contemporary issues. Ella has editorially contributed to Cherry Lou Sy’s…

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