Riverhead Books
Han Zhang is working to introduce contemporary Chinese-language literary works to English readers. She has acquired and edited novels and story collections from award-winning international authors such as Zhang Yueran. As a journalist, she has written about the political and literary narratives that have shaped Chinese culture and identities for the New Yorker and the…
Read MoreAlison 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 MoreNora Alice Demick leads the marketing team and has built numerous campaigns for bestselling and award-winning authors including Marlon James, Randall Munroe, Jerry Saltz, Emma Straub, and Hernan Diaz, among others. Â
Read MoreAshley Garland has worked on dozens of national media campaigns for award-winning and New York Times bestselling Riverhead authors including James McBride, Daniel Pink, Anne Lamott, Bryan Washington, Michele Harper, and Randall Munroe.Â
Read MoreGabriella grew up in New Jersey watching a lot of TV in her Nonna’s basement and reading anything that was about magic. She holds degrees in creative writing and screenwriting from Ithaca College, where she focused on children’s media.
Read MoreCourtney Young, Executive Editor of Riverhead Books, specializes in entertaining and idea-driven nonfiction with a focus on natural and social science, business, technology, culture, and narrative journalism.
Read MoreJake Morrissey, Executive Editor of Riverhead Books, publishes both fiction and non-fiction in the areas of narrative nonfiction, history, science, culture, religion/spirituality, humor, historical fiction, and thrillers.
Read MoreSarah McGrath is Vice President and Editor in Chief of Riverhead Books, where she acquires and edits a range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Among the critically acclaimed and New York Times-bestselling authors she currently edits are Khaled Hosseini, Meg Wolitzer, Chang-rae Lee, Lauren Groff, Paula Hawkins, Emma Straub, Maile Meloy, Brit Bennett, Tiphanie Yanique, Anton DiSclafani, Jean Kwok, Danielle Evans, Meghan O’Rourke, Margaret Talbot, Dana Goodyear, and Helen Oyeyemi.
Read MoreRebecca Saletan is Vice President and Editorial Director of Riverhead Books. Over the course of three decades in publishing, Ms. Saletan has acquired and edited a range of award-winning and bestselling writers, including Mohsin Hamid, Junot DÃaz, Masha Gessen, Peter Matthiessen, Philippe Petit, Claire Vaye Watkins, Hanna Rosin, Ivan Doig, Boris Johnson, and Diane McWhorter. She publishes literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, and books on current events, the environment, food, travel, science, women’s issues, and diverse cultures.
Read MoreJynne Dilling Martin is the Vice President, Associate Publisher and Director of Publicity at Riverhead Books. She has spearheaded the publicity campaigns of dozens of award-winning, New York Times-bestselling books, including Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train, Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed, Junot DÃaz’s This is How You Lose Her, Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings, Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin, and David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas.
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