2015 Directory of Editors
Genre:
Romance, romantic suspense, Christian and historical romances.
irectory of Editors Patience Bloom Laura Chasen Cat Clyne Nicole Fischer Nicole Frail Ron Hogan Beena Kamlani
Priyanka Krishnan Jennifer Letwack Elizabeth Poteet Megan Reid Eileen Rothschild Sara Sargent Annie Stone
Patience Bloom www.harlequin.com
Patience Bloom is the Senior Editor for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, which gives her full license to indulge in her love of the thriller genre and all things suspense. Her work at Harlequin is the perfect mesh of romance and suspense, though she works on many different lines from Christian and historical romances to her home line. She has been with the company since December 1997. Originally from the
Northeast, she has lived in France, Connecticut, Ohio and New Mexico and now resides in New York City. She has her master’s degree in French literature, which hasn’t really helped with her work as an editor, and taught French at Sandia Preparatory School before moving into publishing. Recently, she published Romance Is My Day Job (Dutton/Plume) about her work as an editor and the search for Mr. Right.
Laura Chasen (St. M tive nonfiction.
Genre:
Genre:
Adult Fiction, (literary/ book club) Young Adult Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Lauren Chasen www.us.macmillan.com/smp
After graduating from Barnard College in 2005 with a degree in English and Dance, Laura spent two years teaching middle school English. In 2008, Laura moved back to her hometown of Washington, DC to pursue an MA in English at Georgetown University. A summer internship sparked her interest in book publishing, and upon graduating she landed a job in the editorial department of St. Martin’s Press
where she has happily worked since June 2010. Some of Laura’s recent titles are The Marlowe Papers, The Weight of a Human Heart, and The Last Kings of Sark. In the coming months, she’s excited to publish In Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen, and her first young adult novel, Queen of in Between by Marie Marquardt. When not reading or haunting bookshops, Laura is most likely frequenting one of the city’s many dance studios, running along the Hudson, trying a new restaurant, ogling puppies on the street, or plotting her next international getaway.
Cat Clyne www.sourcebooks.com/ editorial
Cat Clyne has been helping writers hone their craft for most of her adult life. She worked extensively in academia and magazine publishing before joining Sourcebooks in 2010. Now an acquiring editor, Cat is looking for single title romance in all subgenres: erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, Highlanders and historicals. She is also look-
Romances of all subgenres, especially contemporary erotic romance and romantic suspense, characters that grab her, strong writing and a compelling emotional arc. ing for New Adult projects with a strong balance of edginess and romance. She appreciates great writing, loves surprises, and finds damaged heroes sexy and intriguing. Born in Germany to diplomat parents, Cat has a Master’s degree from New York University and lives in Brooklyn. Cat can be reached at: “javascript:main. ( ‘n e w ’ ,’t = c a t . c l y n e @ sourcebooks.com’)”cat. clyne@sourcebooks.com.
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Ron Hogan (Regan A
Beena Kamlani (Pen
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Eileen Rothschild (S and young adult ficti
Megan Reid (Simon genre romance, pleas
Annie Stone (Alloy E
Genre:
Genre:
Contemporary Romance New Adult Romantic Suspense, Regency Historical Romance, Mysteries/Thrillers
Nicole Fischer www.harpercollins.com
Editorial Assistant Nicole Fischer edits commercial fiction, with a focus on romance for Avon Books and Avon Impulse. Her interests include contemporary and historical romance, romantic suspense, erotica and New Adult, as well as mysteries and thrillers. She is always on the look out for contemporary family sagas, romantic
suspense, small town romances, gripping psychological thriller and unique, character driven historicals. Some of her authors include New York Times and USA Today bestseller Tessa Bailey, Gwen Jones, Shelly Bell and RITA Award nominee Zoe Archer writing as Eva Leigh, as well as debut authors Leslie Jones and Jamie Shaw. Nicole also works with two SVP/Executive editors on many bestselling authors, such as Eloisa James, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Stephanie Laurens, Rachel Gibson, Sarah MacLean, Lori Wilde, Meg Cabot, Faye Kellerman, and Laura Lippman.
Nicole Frail www.skyhorse publishing.com
Raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Nicole Frail attended Wilkes University, where she majored in Communications/Journalism and accumulated minors in sociology, psychology, and English. After graduating, she worked at an eductional book production company
Cookbooks, General/ women’s fiction (not literary) Mystery/Suspense/thriller, Fantasy/science fiction/ horror, Young Adult Fiction, Reference/how-to, Biography/Memoir, Mind/body/spirit, Health/Nutrition Travel, Lifestyle
before relocating to New York City to accept a position at Skyhorse Publishing. As an Editor, Nicole acquires across Skyhorse’s eleven imprints and specifically enjoys working on cookbooks, memoir, genre fiction, and young adult fiction.
Genre:
Genre:
Commercial fiction, non-fiction, romance
Fiction, Non-fiction, Memoir, Essay
Ron Hogan
Beena Kamlani
www.reganarts.com
www.penguin.com
Ron Hogan is an editor at Regan Arts. He helped create the literary Internet, launching Beatrice.com in 1995, and currently writes for Shelf Awareness, Buzzfeed, and The Daily Beast, among other publications. Ron is also the co-host of Lady Jane’s Salon, the first monthly reading series in
the United States dedicated to romance fiction. He lives in Queens.
Beena Kamlani is senior editor at Viking Penguin and has worked closely with many writers, foremost among them Saul Bellow and Robert Fagles. She taught book editing at New York University and was awarded the “Excellence in Teaching” award from NYU in 2002. She now teaches writing and editing at The Writing
Center at Hunter College. A speaker at many writers’ conferences across the country, she gives talks on writing, editing, reading and the development of craft. She is an awardwinning fiction writer whose work has been published in many magazines and anthologies. She lives in New York.
Genre:
Genre:
Women’s fiction, historical fiction, book club fiction and romance. Contact her for other types of submissions.
Priyanka Krishnan
Jennifer Letwack
www.randomhouse.com
Priyanka Krishnan is an Associate Editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell, where she is especially interested in acquiring upmarket women’s fiction, book club fiction, historical fiction of all stripes, and romance, as well as great narrative non-fiction in the categories of memoir, history, and biography. She’s a sucker for a nuanced
Fantasy, especially dark fairy tale retellings and historical fantasy, and science fiction, in both adult and YA, narrative histories and biographies focused on American history, feminism and video games.
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sister story, a charming small-town setting, and novels with a well-crafted magical twist. Before joining Random House in 2010, she was the publishing assistant at Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) and an intern at Writers House.
Jennifer Letwack is an assistant editor at Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Press. She is currently looking for fantasy, especially dark fairy tale retellings, historical,and epic fantasy, as well as science fiction in both adult and YA. She is interested in creative and detailed world building, complex, diverse characters,
and strong female heroines. On the nonfiction side, she is interested in narrative biographies and histories focused on dynamic personalities in American history as well as anything concerning her two non-literary loves, feminism and video games.
Genre:
Genre:
Women’s fiction, YA, NA, romance humor
Elizabeth Poteet
Megan Reid
www.us.macmillan.com/ smp
Born in Nashville, Tenn., Elizabeth Poteet attended Colby College where she majored in English and Religious Studies. While studying at St. Andrews, she realized that though she enjoyed Shakespeare and the Dead Sea Scrolls,
Women’s fiction (including chick lit and new adult, (not genre romance), historical fiction, mystery, thrillers, and upmarket sci-fi/fantasy
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she preferred romance novels. Lizzie now works at St. Martin’s Press and is always looking for a good love story. She’s actively seeking historical and contemporary romances and loves spunky heroines and Alpha men.
After receiving her M.A. in English from The Ohio State University, Megan got her start in publishing at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers and Touchstone Books. Meg began working at Emily Bestler Books in 2013, where she acquires quality fiction and nonfiction, and coordinates the imprint’s social media presence @emilybestler. Her
list includes such varied voices as ballerina Misty Copeland (whose memoir was an instant New York Times bestseller) and Ariel S. Winter, whose debut novel Stephen King called “bold, innovative,and thrilling.” Other authors she has worked with include Brad Thor, Lois Leveen, Hannah McKinnon, John Connolly, and Diane Setterfield. She has a soft spot for smart women’s fiction, characterdriven historical fiction,and stylish mystery and fantasy, as well as narrative nonfiction focusing on food, culture, and current events.
Genre:
Genre:
Romance, romantic new adult, commercial women’s fiction, and young adult fiction
Eileen Rothschild www.us.macmillan.com/ com
Eileen Rothschild started at St. Martin’s over seven years ago as a romance and young adult marketing manager. In this role she helped to create and develop St. Martin’s ebook original program. She fell in love with the excitement of reading a new voice for the first
Young adult fiction
Sara Sargent time and being able to bring that voice and story to readers everywhere.Her love of authors and compelling stories led her to the current role of Associate Editor and E-Original Content Coordinator. She is actively looking for all areas of romance, romantic new adult, commercial women’s fiction, and young adult fiction.
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Sara Sargent is an Editor at Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, where she acquires young adult fiction. She works with New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines, National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti, Jennifer Echols, Julie Cross, Aaron Karo, and Martina Boone, among others. Previously she was an Associate Editor at Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.
Sara also received her Master of Science in journalism from Northwestern University. You can sometimes find her eating takeout and reading on the couch. You can always find her online at HYPERLINK “http://www.sarasargent. w o r d p r e s s . c o m” w w w. sarasargent.wordpress.com and on Twitter and Instagram @Sara_Sargent. Sara lives in Brooklyn.
Genre:
YA fiction, also looking for great writers of commercial middle grade and mainstream commercial adult fiction!
Annie Stone www.alloy entertainment.com/books
Annie Stone is an Editor at Alloy Entertainment, the creator of properties such as Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. As an editor at Alloy, Annie is constantly on the lookout for fresh, exciting voices to bring new Alloy projects to life. Her current projects include Let’s Get Lost and
the forthcoming Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid; The 100 series by Kass Morgan; and more. Annie also manages The Collaborative, Alloy’s program for unagented authors who’d like to partner with the Alloy team to shape and develop their manuscripts. Before joining Alloy, Annie worked in the editorial groups at both HarperCollins Children’s and Harlequin TEEN, where she worked with authors and artists such as Cokie Roberts, Diane Goode, Steve Bjorkman, Tracy Barrett, Eleanor Herman, Nina Berry, and more. Follow Annie on Twitter: @aepstone