Overview
As an editor with over 15 years of experience in acquisitions, story development, and brand management across a wide range of commercial categories, my journey in publishing has been fun, if unorthodox for its lack of a narrow focus. Nearly seven years at Harlequin doing young adult, sci fi, and romance, years copywriting for DC Comics, and another seven years at Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books publishing fiction, pop culture nonfiction, SFF, YA crossover, graphic novels, and whatever else the popular market was hungry for.
At Gallery, I co-launched Gallery 13—the company’s first dedicated adult graphic novel imprint; ran Derek Jeter’s Jeter Publishing imprint; innovated publishing models in partnership with Wattpad; and acquired a broad range of literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction. Highlights of my editorial career include discovering global publishing superstars Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard) and Anna Todd (After), restoring the V.C. Andrews franchise to the bestseller lists, and proudly publishing debut and bestselling authors of all stripes like Benjamin Whitmer, Andrea Kane, Jennifer Estep, Robert Levy, Jeff Somers, Sophie Littlefield, Heather Graham, JB Smoove, Michael Kupperman, and Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith.
This varied experience has taught me that every writer is different, has different needs, strengths, and concerns, and that collaboration is the key to a successful project of any sort.
Services
Fiction
Comics & Graphic Novels
Contemporary Fiction
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological Thriller
Romantic Comedy
Urban Fantasy
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
INKubator Enterprises
May, 2018 —
Sep, 2020
(over 2 years)
Simon & Schuster / Gallery Books
Oct, 2011 —
May, 2018
(over 6 years)
Harlequin
May, 2005 —
Oct, 2011
(over 6 years)
Portfolio
WINNER OF THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL John Dixon’s critically acclaimed Phoenix Island reads like “Lord of the Flies meets Wolverine and Cool Hand Luke” (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack). For fans of The Bour... read more
Just in time for the twentieth anniversary of Clerks! Destroy anything and everything with the help of this illustrated collection of blueprints concocted by the legendary characters Jay and Silent Bob.Need to destroy self-doubt? How about the glass ceiling? O... read more
Arriving in another new town, Amelia Collins vows to fit in and finish her senior year drama free. There can’t be any mistakes. Staying under the radar is what keeps Amelia one step ahead of the man who is trying to find and destroy her. But when she’s befrien... read more
From the New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes a shivery gothic tale of romance, class divisions, and the secrets that haunt families for generations.Ever since Fern could remember... read more
Awakening in a bleak landscape, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls enduring something terrible. Having no idea how many days—or weeks—have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: her daughter, Ruthie, has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization. ... read more
New York Times bestselling author Andrea Kane sets new standards for suspense with THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICE, originally published in 2011. THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICEDespite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn’t s... read more
Clerks meets Buffy the Vampire the Slayer in this original urban fantasy eBook about Geekomancers—humans that derive supernatural powers from pop culture. Ree Reyes’s life was easier when all she had to worry about was scraping together tips from her gig as a ... read more
In this New York Times bestselling erotic enovella trilogy, a buttoned-up businesswoman takes her friend’s advice and has a fling with a stranger on a trip to Vegas—only to find herself under his mysterious, sexy power both in the boardroom and the bedroom. Ka... read more
Days of the Bagnold Summer—soon to be a feature film! Collecting the first two graphic novels from “one of the most talented graphic novelists in the UK” (Zadie Smith), Other People brings Joff Winterhart and his penchant for endearing, peculiar couples to the... read more
SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FINALISTLAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST In the tradition of Neil Gaiman (The Ocean at the End of the Lane), Scott Smith (The Ruins), and Jason Mott (The Returned), award-winning playwright Robert Levy spins a dark tale of alienation and be... read more
Learn the Words. Get the blood. Rule the world. The Ustari Cycle starts here. From the "exhilarating, powerful, and entertaining" (Guardian) storyteller of the Avery Cates series comes a gritty supernatural thriller featuring a pair of unlikely heroes caught u... read more
A 2019 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST REALITY-BASED WORK A NPR BEST BOOK OF 2018 A VULTURE BEST COMIC OF 2018 A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018 A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018 A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018 WINNER OF THE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2... read more
A serendipitous crossing of paths between two women leaves one of them dead and the other a fugitive— hiding behind one lie after another to escape a cold-blooded killer.A 16-year-old female gymnast’s dream of Olympic gold is shattered when the “supplement” sh... read more
After the shocking revelations of the previous book, Bitter Bite, the world of Ashland’s become even more sinister, and Gin Blanco (aka Ashland’s most fearsome assassin, the Spider) no longer knows who—or what—she can count on. Only one thing is for certain: d... read more
The second novel from the critically acclaimed writer of Pike, which was nominated for France’s prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière crime fiction award and “easily rivals Larry Brown’s most renowned novels” (Spinetingler Magazine). In the tradition... read more
Experience the internet's most talked-about book, now a major motion picture, from Anna Todd, the writer Cosmopolitan called “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.” Now with new exclusive material! There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and t... read more
From subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Modern love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s Roomies...and don’t miss her newest romantic comedy The U... read more
After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong?The story of the he... read more
