Sareena Kamath

Sareena Kamath – Editor

Sareena is an editor publishing SFF, speculative, horror, and genre-bending fiction of all kinds.

Overview

I’m drawn to fiction across the genre spectrum but especially those which shed light on underrepresented perspectives, take place outside Western contexts, and grapple with contemporary sociocultural themes and radical politics without sacrificing satisfying storytelling. Over the past eight years, I've acquired New York Times bestselling thrillers like Alaina Urquhart’s The Butcher and the Wren and its sequel The Butcher Game, literary crime fiction like Margot Douaihy’s Scorched Grace and its sequel Blessed Water, and bestselling literary horror debuts like Gerardo Sámano Córdova’s Monstrilio, Grace Byron’s Herculine, and Laura Cranehill’s Wife Shaped Bodies.

As an editor, I believe that writing is an inherently collaborative process and strive to ensure that my editorial interventions big and small cohere with the author's vision for the book's development.

Services
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic Fantasy Horror LGBTQ Fiction Science Fiction
Languages
English (US)
Awards
  • Publishers Weekly Star Watch

Work experience

S&S

Sep, 2023 — Present
- Acquired, edited, and published award-winning and bestselling titles across the genre fiction spectrum - Collaborated closely with colleagues in marketing, publicity, sales, art, and subrights to brainstorm and nimbly adapt bespoke campaign strategies; as well as in managing editorial, production, finance, and contracts to ensure high-quality, efficient, and timely processes

Zando

Apr, 2021 — Aug, 2023 (over 2 years)
-Published a wide variety of award-winning and bestselling fiction titles - As the fourth employee hired, built, adapted, and integrated editorial systems, internal processes, and meeting cadence to better organize our team’s early publishing efforts -Pitched and developed in-house IP projects using analysis of current marketplace trends -Expanded and deepened personal network of agents, scouts, editors, and other industry peers through in-person and virtual meetings and attendance at conferences and fairs

Portfolio

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Monstrilio: A Novel

Córdova, Gerardo Sámano

Zando

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
The Centre: A Novel

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Zando Penguin Audio

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Ocean's Godori (The Alliance)

Cho, Elaine U.

Hillman Grad Books

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
We Dance Upon Demons

Patel, Vaishnavi

S&S/Saga Press

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Wife Shaped Bodies: A Novel

Cranehill, Laura

S&S/Saga Press

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Herculine: A Novel

Byron, Grace

S&S/Saga Press

Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching
Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching

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