Philip Marino - Editor

After graduating from University of Chicago, I began my publishing career at W.W. Norton & Co, where— alongside renowned publishing director, Robert Weil—I helped relaunch the storied Liveright imprint, growing a list that had been dormant for nearly 40 years into one that now includes over twenty New York Times bestsellers and multiple Pulitzer Prize finalists/winners.

As Liveright's Associate Editor and Marketing Director, I acquired a wide range of nonfiction, most notably in the areas of philosophy, sports, technology, comedy, music and current events. Notable authors included the longtime New York Times “Frugal Traveler” columnist, Seth Kugel; leading war correspondent and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Janine di Giovanni; CNN contributor and former Deputy Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center and FBI National Security Branch, Philip Mudd; #1 New York Times bestselling author of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom; one of the most influential philosophers of science in the past two decades, Philip Kitcher; and Evelyn Fox Keller, a professor emerita at MIT and recipient of both the MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships.

In 2017, I was hired as a Senior Editor at Little, Brown & Company, where I acquired and published books in the areas of memoir, sports, science, music, and business. Notable authors included Democratic presidential candidate, Julián Castro; legendary sports journalist, John Feinstein; renowned jazz historian, Gary Giddins; Hall-of-fame quarterback, Joe Namath; bestselling science writer, Sam Kean; co-founder of Netflix, Marc Randolph; and championship head coach of the Toronto Raptors, Nick Nurse.

At the end of 2020, I left Little, Brown to pursue my agent and author consulting work full time. While I have edited and published fiction, my expertise is in nonfiction—both in the proposal and manuscript phases—and my approach is holistic, meaning I advise not only from an editorial perspective, but also one heavily influenced by experiences in marketing and publicity. I am selective in terms of which projects I take on and only agree to work together if I genuinely believe I can add significant value to your team.