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Danielle Perez, Executive Editor
Danielle Perez joined Berkley in 2010 as an Executive Editor, and she focuses on commercial and upmarket commercial fiction, including suspense, psychological suspense, thrillers, contemporary women’s fiction and book club fiction. Before joining Berkley, she was a Senior Editor at Bantam, where she worked with New York Times bestselling authors Tami Hoag, Harlan Coben and Jonathan Tropper.
Read MoreKerry Donovan, Executive Editor
Executive Editor Kerry Donovan joined Berkley in 2004. She acquires upmarket commercial fiction, historical fiction, and romance. Recent and forthcoming titles include Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West, You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley, The Antidote for Everything by Kimmery Martin, and Well Met by Jen DeLuca.
Read MoreTracy Bernstein, Executive Editor
Tracy Bernstein is Executive Editor at Berkley. She began her career at Farrar, Straus and Giroux before finding her natural habitat at more commercial publishers like Kensington and Pocket Books. She joined New American Library in 2002 and, despite a fear of driving, merged smoothly into the Berkley lane. In addition to overseeing the Signet Classics line and the extensive Berkley backlist, she acquires and edits fiction, memoir, and true crime. The New York Times-bestselling authors she has worked with include Jen Lancaster, Montel Williams and Al Roker.
Read MoreAmanda Bergeron, Vice President, Editorial Director
Executive Editor Amanda Bergeron joined Berkley in October 2016. She acquires upmarket commercial women’s fiction—both historical and contemporary—book club fiction, and psychological suspense. Some recent and upcoming titles include Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray, The Au Pair by Emma Rous, and Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen.
Read MoreCindy Hwang, Vice President, Editorial Director
Cindy Hwang is Vice President, Editorial Director at Berkley. She joined Berkley in 1994 and has acquired and worked with a roster of bestselling authors including Jayne Ann Krentz, Amanda Quick, Laurell K. Hamilton, Sylvia Day, Christine Feehan, Maya Banks, Nalini Singh, Karen White and Jasmine Guillory. Cindy was heavily involved in growing Sensation into a leading romance imprint, and in the development of the digital imprint InterMix.
Read MoreTom Colgan, Vice President, Editorial Director
Tom Colgan is the Vice President, Editorial Director at Berkley. He started his career at Berkley in 1985. In those days he worked on everything from the novelization of the movie ET: The Extraterrestrial to westerns. He then spent six years at Avon/Morrow and returned to Berkley as an Executive Editor in 1996. He has worked with such bestselling authors as Ed McBain, Janet Evanovich, Lee Child, and Tom Clancy.
Read MoreClaire Zion, Senior Vice President, Editor in Chief
Claire Zion became Vice President, Editor in Chief at Berkley in July 2015. She joined Penguin in 2002 as the Editorial Director of New American Library and was appointed Vice President in 2009. Prior to joining NAL, she was the Editorial Director at iPublish.com, the early ebook company launched by AOL/Time Warner; the Editorial Director of mass market titles at Grand Central (then Warner Books); and an Editor at Pocket Books. She started her career right out of college at New American Library.
Read MoreCraig Burke, Vice President, Associate Publisher
Craig Burke is the Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity, and Special Projects Director of Berkley. He oversees publicity campaigns for the entire Berkley list and has worked with many bestselling authors, including Nora Roberts, J.R. Ward, Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jen Lancaster, A. Scott Berg, and Karen White, among others. He oversaw the publicity campaigns for a number of high-profile, bestselling books, including Ricky Martin’s Me, Joan Rivers’s I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me, and True Love by Jennifer Lopez.
Read MoreSally Kim, SVP, Publisher
Sally Kim is SVP, Publisher of Putnam. In addition to overseeing the imprint’s editorial, marketing, and publicity departments, she acquires and edits her own list of quality fiction with commercial appeal, including New York Times bestsellers by Steven Rowley (The Celebrants, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor), Megan Abbott (The Turnout), Robert Jones,…
Read MoreJeanne-Marie Hudson, Vice President, Deputy Publisher
Jeanne-Marie Hudson is the Vice President, Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing of Berkley. Prior to joining Berkley, she was Senior Director of Marketing Communications & Audience Development at St. Martin’s Press, where she worked with bestselling authors Kristin Hannah, Emily Giffin, Louise Penny, Lisa Scottoline, Mary Kay Andrews, Janet Evanovich, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Augusten Burroughs, among others.
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