Katie McGuire – Editor

As of July 2025, I'm an editor with Alcove Press/Crooked Lane Books, predominantly focusing on romantasy, romance, fantasy, and science fiction titles for Alcove, as well as horror and a bit of crime fiction for Crooked Lane. In May 2025, I graduated from Emerson College's MFA program in Popular Fiction Writing & Publishing at Emerson College.

For five of my six years with Pegasus, the company's crime imprint was my focus—I love a good mystery! I've worked on a number of subgenres, including neo-noir, more traditional mysteries, and cozy crime, and have had the pleasure of working with fantastic authors like Antony Johnston, William Boyle, S. J. Rozan, Paul Vidich, and Molly MacRae.

On the fiction side, I've also worked on a number of historical fiction projects and select graphic novels. No matter the genre, I'm open to both standalone projects and books in a series. In the nonfiction realm, I've worked on narrative history, biography/memoir, and true crime projects. You can see my full list of projects below.

For nearly two years after my time at Pegasus, I was the novel acquisitions lead and an original novels editor at Tapas Media, acquiring, developing, and editing serialized fiction mostly in the romance and fantasy genres. For two and a half years after that, I was an editor with the Quarto Group, working predominantly on illustrated nonfiction titles in the pop culture and entertainment categories for the Epic Ink imprint, as well as books on the b&m kids! and Wellfleet imprints.

I'll read anything having to do with spies, royalty, or Hollywood, real or imagined, and, as an enormous comics nerd, I also enjoy a good superhero tale. I look forward to hearing your story!