Penguin Publishing Group
Trish Daly, Senior Editor
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…
Read MoreBria Sandford, Executive Editor
Bria joined Portfolio and Sentinel in 2012 and helped launch Thesis in 2022. Her critically acclaimed and bestselling authors include Paul Kingsnorth, Amy Coney Barrett, Arthur Brooks, Peggy Noonan, Michael Lind, Abigail Shrier, and John McWhorter.
Read MoreSareer Khader, Editor
Sareer Khader (she/her) is an Editor at Berkley, which she joined in 2019. She is particularly keen to acquire unique and immersive fantasy (of all subgenres but particularly cozy fantasy and romantasy), atmospheric and genre-blending horror and mysteries, elevated romance and book club fiction, and voices from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. She works with a list of bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Shelby Mahurin, Nick Medina, Emily Krempholtz, and Sarah Adler. Sareer was raised on Disney and Bollywood, and her cat is basically the feline version of Toothless.
Read MoreLiz Sellers, Associate Editor
Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.
Read MoreJosh Starr, Managing Editor
Joshua Starr joined DAW Books in 2007 and has been DAW’s managing editor since 2012. Prior to joining DAW, he interned at Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, CMJ New Music Monthly, and the Center for Public Integrity. He is a graduate of Yale University.
Read MoreJenn Snyder, Assistant Editor
Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.
Read MoreMiranda Hill, Assistant Editor
Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.
Read MoreAnnika Karody, Editorial Assistant
Annika Karody (she/her/hers) is an editorial assistant for Penguin Books and Penguin Life, where she works for Patrick Nolan and Meg Leder. Previously, she interned at Melville House Press and at Restless Books, where she worked on an anthology of literature by Rabindranath Tagore, due out in spring 2023. She is passionate about books that encourage readers to engage critically and thoughtfully with their own lives and the world around them.
Read MoreAmy Sun, Senior Editor
Amy Sun (she/her/hers) acquires nonfiction across a range of subjects, including memoir, narrative nonfiction, health, wellness, psychology, spirituality, religion, relationships, fashion, pop culture, and beauty. She looks for books that connect ideas across disciplines and that help us live more meaningful, thoughtful lives. She also acquires literary fiction that is smart, funny, profound, with an original voice or perspective, or that has a speculative element. Amy’s current and forthcoming list includes books by Stanford University professor and MacArthur Fellow Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD; New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Ella Frances Sanders; journalist and deputy editor at The Atlantic Joe Fassler; social worker, tarot reader, writer, and teacher Jessica Dore; and journalist and executive editor at Refinery29 Connie Wang.
Read MoreRachael Kelly, Editor
Rachael Kelly is an Editor at Dutton acquiring commercial and upmarket/book club fiction across genres—stories that combine rapid pacing, nuanced character development, compelling hooks, and complex themes. She is building a list that prioritizes both voice and plot, and gravitates toward fiction that is intriguing, romantic, escapist, suspenseful, mysterious, or psychological in nature, especially from…
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