Tarini 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 love story with a strong coming-of-self arc, or through a striking sardonic voice.

Tarini’s recent and upcoming titles include Japanese bestsellers in translation The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu, The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida, and Messenger Cat in a Cafe by Nagi Shimeno; There’s Nothing Wrong with Her by acclaimed author and “Shelf Help” podcast host Kate Weinberg; vibrant queer Jewish coming-of-age debut Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee; Winging It with You by beloved bookstagrammer Chip Pons; explosive literary thriller Until Alison by Kate Russo; Salomé by Leslie Baird, a contemporary gothic and feminist reclamation of the original femme fatale; wildly funny debut The Obsessed by Lizzie Buehler; and My Darling Boy by Helen Cooper. She also edits #1 New York Times bestseller John Sandford, Jeffery Deaver, and the Robert B. Parker and Stuart Woods estates.