Overview
I’ve got over two decades of experience in the publishing industry, most recently as the Publisher of Tyrus Books until it was acquired in the spring of 2017 by Simon & Schuster. Along the way, I’ve had to manage books from submission to shelf, including editing, interacting with the sales team, helping to plan marketing campaigns, and working closely with authors to make sure the book is the best it can be, all while adhering to critical deadlines.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
True Crime
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Short Story
Thriller & Suspense
Languages
English (US)
Awards
- Publishers Weekly "Fifty Under Forty"
- Edgar Award Finalist - Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
- Edgar Award Finalist - Head Games by Craig McDonald
- Barnes & Noble Discover Award (Fiction) - Untouchable by Scott O'Connor
- Okra Pick - Small Treasons by Mark Powell
- Booklist Top Ten Debut Novel (2016) - A Hard & Heavy Thing by Matthew Hefti
- Edgar Award Finalist - The Missing American by Kwei Quartey
Work experience
Crooked Lane Books
Jan, 2020 —
Present
Tyrus Books (a division of F+W Media, later a division of Simon & Schuster)
Jul, 2009 —
Apr, 2017
(almost 8 years)
Founder and Publisher of critically acclaimed crime and literary fiction including the Barnes and Noble Discover Award winning "Untouchable" by Scott O'Connor, the USA Today bestselling "I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around" by Ann Garvin, and the Okra Pick "Small Treasons" by Mark Powell. I sold Tyrus Books to F+W Media in 2011. F+W Media sold Tyrus to Simon & Schuster as part of a larger deal in 2017.
Bleak House Books (a division of Big Earth Publishing)
Jan, 2000 —
Jul, 2009
(over 9 years)
Founder and Publisher of critically acclaimed crime and literary fiction, including three Edgar Award finalists in 2008 (the only time a small press achieved that feat). While at Bleak House Books I was named to Publishers Weekly's "Fifty Under Forty" list. In 2005 I sold Bleak House Books to Big Earth Publishing and continued in my role as Publisher.
Portfolio
In the tradition of Olive Kitteridge and The Woman Upstairs, this “deeply human and morally saturated novel” (Library Journal, starred review) explores how a terrible crime changed one woman’s life forever.Lida Stearl prides herself on always do the right thin... read more
Tenaya has never left Yosemite Valley. He was born in a car by the Merced River, and grew up in a hidden camp with his parents, surviving on fish, acorns, and unfinished food thrown away by the park's millions of tourists. But despite its splendor, Tenaya's Yo... read more
Enthralling. Gripping. Cinematic. Raw. A cold case murder investigation paced like a podcast, as visually stunning as a film, and as brave and personal as our darkest memoirs. J. Reuben Appelman cracks open one of America’s most notorious murder sprees while s... read more
In the next installment of the Loon Lake Mystery series, Lewellyn Ferris and Doc Osborne must solve a murder that shatters the picturesque Wisconsin lake town community at the height of summer.On a lovely Sunday afternoon in late June, the annual Loon Lake You... read more
Scott O’Connor’s novels have been hailed as “astonishing” (Library Journal), and “so insistently stirring, you want to lean in close to catch every word” (The New York Times Book Review). Now, from the author of Untouchable and Half World comes A Perfect Unive... read more
Top 10 First Novels of 2016--Booklist 2016 Great Group Reads Selection Contemplating suicide after nearly a decade at war, Levi sits down to write a note to his best friend Nick, explaining why things have to come to this inevitable end. Years earlier, Levi--a... read more
USA Today bestseller "I was intrigued by the strength of the main character, Tig Monahan, whose life begins to unravel as she comes to terms with her mother's advancing Alzheimer's. Though Tig makes mistake after mistake, she never gives up. As the chapters fl... read more
With writing that is both devastating and tender, Mark Powell (The Sheltering) brings his acclaimed eye to an American marriage on the verge of rupture, spinning an all-too-current tale of the world we live in and the world we fear—and how we may not be able t... read more
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