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Helen gets excited about idea-driven books that offer bold new ways to see the world. She’s always looking for books that warn of looming dangers, make provocative arguments, meditate on serious issues, and inspire positive change. She has edited a diverse cast of experts, from survivalists and evolutionary psychologists to clinical psychologists, activists, philosophers, and CIA…

Merry Sun joined Portfolio in 2015. She publishes brilliant thinkers who are on a mission to share their ideas with smart, hungry readers. Topics in economics, social psychology, finance, technology, and the food business by academics and journalists interest her most. She also acquires practical non-fiction by smart and singular voices with a bold message.…

Trish Daly joined Portfolio in 2019 with a focus on narrative and platform-driven nonfiction, especially business and economics, current affairs, big ideas, journalism, and the occasional memoir. She began her career at HarperCollins, where she acquired Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, and later worked at Little, Brown with the…

Bria Sandford joined Portfolio and Sentinel in 2012 and helped launch Thesis in 2022. She has edited twenty New York Times bestsellers, and her authors include Chris Arnade, Michael Lind, Russell Moore, Abigail Shrier, Christine Emba, Nellie Bowles, John McWhorter, Arthur Brooks, Brian Kilmeade, and Oprah Winfrey. She tweets at @blsandford.