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Overview

Our list has one mission: to empower readers to improve their lives. This is self-help for a new generation, encompassing everything from mental health and family/relationships to creativity, neurodiversity, and more, along with journals for the inner explorer and curious creative in us all.

From beloved bestsellers like The Artist’s Way, Attached, and Burn After Writing to essential new favorites including Set Boundaries, Find Peace, Nothing to Fear, and New Happy, our list is diverse, engaging, and full of empowering takeaway for living our best lives.

Tarcher’s authors range from renowned experts and powerful online voices to emerging artists – each with a unique perspective that speaks to the reader where they are.

Tarcher can be found online at @tarcher_books on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Meet the Team

Tracy Behar, President and Publisher, Avery and TarcherPerigee

Tracy Behar, President and Publisher of Avery and TarcherPerigee, joined Penguin in 2024. She was previously at Little, Brown and Company, where she served as VP, Publisher, and Editor in Chief of the imprint she founded, Little, Brown Spark.

She publishes in the categories of health, psychology, self-help, science, nature, and reference, and her roster of authors includes Daniel Kahneman, Nicholas Christakis, Walter Mischel, Sue Johnson, Daniel Siegel, Mark Hyman, Andrew Weil, David Perlmutter, Uma Naidoo, Timothy Wilson, John Ratey, and William Sears. Many of her books have been #1 bestsellers and have garnered awards, including the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and Books for a Better Life.

Lindsay Gordon, Associate Publisher, Director of Publicity and Marketing

Lindsay Gordon is the Associate Publisher and Director of Marketing and Publicity for both Avery and TarcherPerigee. She has spent her career promoting and publicizing non-fiction authors and their books. As Associate Publisher Lindsay oversees all of the customized publicity and marketing campaigns aimed towards securing as much media as possible and effectively getting the books in front of consumers in new and innovative ways.

Lindsay has overseen and worked on the campaigns of numerous New York Times and national bestselling titles, including Atomic Habits by James Clear, Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means, The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté, The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon, Shabbat by Adeena Sussman, The XX Brain by Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free by Nedra Glover Tawwab, The Odd 1s Out by James Rallison and Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer. Prior to joining Penguin Lindsay worked at the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group at Random House, Inc.

Marian Lizzi, Editor-in-Chief, VP

As Editor-in-Chief of the TarcherPerigee imprint, I’m lucky to be immersed in a rich, long-lived list that empowers readers to improve their lives and find their way, spanning the areas of mental health, relationships, creativity, self-reflection, and gift/inspiration.

I work with a wide range of authors – from credentialed experts to emerging illustrators – who bring fresh perspective and broader representation to these categories. My recent and bestselling authors include therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab, hospice nurse Julie McFadden, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, artists Meera Lee Patel and Adam J. Kurtz, and many others.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734126/nothing-to-fear-by-julie-mcfadden-rn/To speak to an audience that’s diverse in every way, the books on my list include guided journals like Burn After Writing, Start Where You Are, and 1 Page at a Time as well as more traditional guides like Set Boundaries, Find Peace, Nothing to Fear and Toxic Positivity– along with workbooks and other ancillary spin-offs. Each one is published with hands-on attention toward the goal of being both timely and timeless, with a robust launch as well as healthy backlist sales.

From my first acquisition here back in 2004 (The Cloudspotter’s Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney—still in print!), I’ve focused on finding fresh new voices and ideas that speak to readers where they are.

Lauren Appleton, Executive Editor

Lauren Appleton has been at TarcherPerigee since 2012, where she acquires a wide range of self-improvement titles, mainly for Millennials and Gen-Z.

She is particularly interested in the areas of inspiration/motivation, pop-psychology, creativity, social justice, female empowerment, and anything that will improve your life or simply make you smile. A large portion of her list includes illustrated gift books, journals, and other interactive activity books.

Authors she has worked with include James Rallison (New York Times bestselling author of The Odd 1s Out series), Vexx (Creatopia), Sergei Urban (The Dad Lab), Alice Boyes (The Anxiety Toolkit, The Healthy Mind Toolkit, and Stress-Free Productivity), Benjamin Lorr (The Secret Life of Groceries) and Erin Lowry (Broke Millennial series).

Batya Rosenblum, Senior Editor

Batya Rosenblum joined TarcherPerigee in 2024 and is acquiring a range of prescriptive nonfiction with a focus on motivation, success, and happiness self-help; friendship and romantic relationships; practical philosophy; and pop business. She is drawn to expert perspectives on how we connect and what we know (but don’t talk about) with useful takeaways.

Before TarcherPerigee, Batya was an editor at The Experiment for ten years where she also published parenting, health, and memoir. Her authors included Massimo Pigliucci, Rachel Wilkerson Miller, Diane Ehrensaft, Ken Mogi, and Tal Ben-Shahar.

Lauren O’Neal, Editor

Lauren O’Neal joined TarcherPerigee in early 2023 and is looking to acquire a range of books in the practical nonfiction space. She is particularly interested in books about mental health and psychology, neurodiversity (ADHD and autism), spirituality and religion, nature, and language, as well as workbooks and guided journals.

Prior to working at TarcherPerigee, Lauren was an editor at SoHo Publishing and at Callisto Media, where she worked on a wide variety of projects, from Bible studies to cookbooks and everything in between. She has also been on the editorial staff at literary websites like Midnight Breakfast, the Rumpus, and Catapult. Originally from California, she has a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University.

Elisabeth Koyfman, Editorial Assistant

Elisabeth Koyfman joined Avery and Tarcher Perigee as an Editorial Assistant in 2024. She earned her B.A. in English Literature from CUNY Baruch College and previously worked at magazines such as Poets & Writers and The New York Review of Books. Elisabeth is interested in prescriptive nonfiction, particularly in the categories of health, wellness, and behavioral psychology. She is especially fascinated by books that explore the workings of the mind and provide readers with tools to improve their daily lives.

Sabrey Manning, Editorial Assistant

Sabrey joined TarcherPerigee in 2025. Prior to joining the team, she worked in editorial at Portfolio, where she supported bestselling authors including Ryan Holiday, Shane Parrish, and Seth Godin. She is looking to acquire books offering effective success strategies based on applied psychology, New Thought, and metaphysics, with a special focus on the intersection of science and spirituality. She is also interested in fresh takes on navigating careers, relationships, and social justice issues—all with the goal of shifting paradigms and allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of themselves, others, and the world.

Casey Maloney, Director of Publicity

Casey Maloney is the Director of Publicity for both Avery Books and TarcherPerigee. In addition to managing the publicity department and developing publicity strategies for both lists, Casey works directly with many Avery and TarcherPerigee authors and has orchestrated publicity campaigns for breakout bestselling books, including Atomic Habits by James Clear, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, Neurotribes by Steve Silberman, The Odd 1s Out by James Rallison, Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter, The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr. Dale Bredesen and many more.

Farin Schlussel, Director of Marketing

Farin Schlussel is the Director of Marketing for both Avery Books and TarcherPerigee. She has been with Avery since she began her publishing career in 2012. As the Director of Marketing, Farin executes and oversees bespoke campaigns using the most current marketing platforms and data to get books in front of the readers who need them. 

Farin has spearheaded the campaigns for the New York Times and national bestsellers Atomic Habits by James Clear, Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté, The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Neurotribes by Steve Silberman, and the breakout TikTok sensation Burn After Writing by Sharon Jones, among others. She has also worked on multiple projects with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, Adeena Sussman, Jeanine Donofrio, Rabbi Steve Leder, Bishop Michael Curry, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Dr. Judson Brewer, Dr. Dale Bredesen, and Dr. Terry Wahls. When she is not cheerleading the latest Avery and TarcherPerigee titles, you can find her snuggling with her rescue dog, Penny, or seeing theatre.