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Lauren Ball, Publicist
Lauren joined Portfolio in January 2023 after working in the self-publishing and music industries. She is passionate about discovering ways to connect books with their readers and has worked with multiple New York Times bestselling titles including Ethan Mollick’s Co-Intelligence and Vivian Tu’s Rich AF.
Read MoreCaitlin O’Connell, Associate Editor
Caitlin O’Connell is the Associate Editor on the licensing team currently editing titles for Sonic the Hedgehog, Roald Dahl, SpongeBob, Garfield, and more. She is also the editor for a series of picture book biographies under the Who HQ brand and is open to select original middle grade and YA projects. When she is not…
Read MoreSarah Sather, Assistant Editor
Sarah Sather (she/her) joined Nancy Paulsen Books as an Assistant Editor in June 2024. Previously, she worked at Netflix Animation, Marvel Comics, and Saturday Night Live. An avid reader since she could hold a book, Sarah is passionate about supporting and developing diverse content that re-centers marginalized voices, dissolves barriers, and expands the idea of who…
Read MoreMatt Phipps, Associate Editor
Matt Phipps is an Associate Editor at G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, acquiring picture books, middle grade, and YA, including graphic novels for all ages. Prior to joining Putnam in 2020, he spent several years in Penguin’s School and Library Marketing department. He was an Editor Mentor with The Word:…
Read MoreLindsay Sagnette, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief
Lindsay Sagnette joined Putnam in 2024. Prior to that she worked at Atria, where she helped the imprint achieve unprecedented commercial success, including overseeing the relaunch of Washington Square Press, and editing bestselling authors such as Rebecca Serle, Jamie Ford, Lisa Jewell, Patti Callahan Henry, and Zakiya Dalila Harris’s The Other Black Girl. She also served…
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Alison Fairbrother, Associate Editor
Alison Fairbrother edits and acquires fiction, memoir, and select narrative nonfiction. She has worked with New York Times bestselling and award winning authors, including Kristen Arnett, Aja Gabel, Anna Hogeland, R.O. Kwon, and Jenny Xie. Alison’s own debut novel, The Catch, was published by Random House in 2022.
Read MoreAnna Paustenbach, Executive Editor
Executive Editor Anna Paustenbach joined Avery in 2024. She was previously Executive Editor at HarperOne, where she published #1 New York Times bestsellers and national bestsellers including The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy, You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith, Do Hard Things by Steve Magness, Master of Change by Brad Stulberg,…
Read MoreTarini Sipahimalani, Assistant Editor
Tarini Sipahimalani joined Putnam in 2021 and acquires bold, voice-driven upmarket fiction. She’s drawn to emotionally resonant and psychologically penetrating stories that speak to the universalities of the human experience, that don’t shy away from characters’ messy or darker depths, and narratives that heal, be it by connecting the peculiar with the sublime, a sweeping…
Read MoreAranya Jain, Assistant Editor
Aranya Jain joined Putnam in 2021 and acquires high-concept fiction, especially contemporary fantasy geared toward a commercial audience. She’s easily lured by a beguiling voice or an uncanny premise, something that unnerves, inspires whimsy, or expands our curiosity about the scope of the universe. Grounded fantasy, upmarket horror, mainstream science fiction, and literary speculative fiction…
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