Riverhead Books Archives - Penguin Books https://www.penguin.com/tag/riverhead-books/ Because Reading Matters Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:45:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.penguin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-logo-sm-view-32x32.gif Riverhead Books Archives - Penguin Books https://www.penguin.com/tag/riverhead-books/ 32 32 Han Zhang, Editor at Large https://www.penguin.com/han-zhang-editor-at-large/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:09:41 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=10271 Han Zhang is working to introduce contemporary Chinese-language literary works to English readers. She has acquired and edited novels and story collections from award-winning international authors such as Zhang Yueran. As a journalist, she has written about the political and literary narratives that have shaped Chinese culture and identities for the New Yorker and the…

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]]> Han Zhang is working to introduce contemporary Chinese-language literary works to English readers. She has acquired and edited novels and story collections from award-winning international authors such as Zhang Yueran. As a journalist, she has written about the political and literary narratives that have shaped Chinese culture and identities for the New Yorker and the New York Times magazine. 

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]]> Alison Fairbrother, Associate Editor https://www.penguin.com/alison-fairbrother-associate-editor/ Wed, 08 May 2024 21:29:19 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=9962 Alison Fairbrother edits and acquires fiction, memoir, and select narrative nonfiction. She has worked with New York Times bestselling and award winning authors, including Kristen Arnett, Aja Gabel, Anna Hogeland, R.O. Kwon, and Jenny Xie. Alison’s own debut novel, The Catch, was published by Random House in 2022.

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]]> Alison Fairbrother edits and acquires fiction, memoir, and select narrative nonfiction. She has worked with New York Times bestselling and award winning authors, including Kristen Arnett, Aja Gabel, Anna Hogeland, R.O. Kwon, and Jenny Xie. Alison’s own debut novel, The Catch, was published by Random House in 2022.

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]]> Nora Alice Demick, Director of Marketing https://www.penguin.com/nora-alice-demick-director-of-marketing/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:30:24 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=8922 Nora Alice Demick leads the marketing team and has built numerous campaigns for bestselling and award-winning authors including Marlon James, Randall Munroe, Jerry Saltz, Emma Straub, and Hernan Diaz, among others.  

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]]> Nora Alice Demick leads the marketing team and has built numerous campaigns for bestselling and award-winning authors including Marlon James, Randall Munroe, Jerry Saltz, Emma Straub, and Hernan Diaz, among others.  

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]]> Ashley Garland, Publicity Director https://www.penguin.com/ashley-garland-publicity-director/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:18:04 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=4084 Ashley Garland has worked on dozens of national media campaigns for award-winning and New York Times bestselling Riverhead authors including James McBride, Daniel Pink, Anne Lamott, Danzy Senna, Michele Harper, and Randall Munroe. 

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]]> Ashley Garland has worked on dozens of national media campaigns for award-winning and New York Times bestselling Riverhead authors including James McBride, Daniel Pink, Anne Lamott, Danzy Senna, Michele Harper, and Randall Munroe. 

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]]> Gabriella DeGennaro Assistant Editor https://www.penguin.com/gabriella-degennaro-assistant-editor/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:55:12 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1714 Gabriella grew up in New Jersey watching a lot of TV in her Nonna’s basement and reading anything that was about magic. She holds degrees in creative writing and screenwriting from Ithaca College, where she focused on children’s media.

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]]> Gabriella grew up in New Jersey watching a lot of TV in her Nonna’s basement and reading anything that was about magic. She holds degrees in creative writing and screenwriting from Ithaca College, where she focused on children’s media. After graduating, she found her way to Sesame Street via the Jim Henson Company, where she and her colleagues, some puppet some human, worked in TV production. Gabriella joined the Penguin Workshop team in 2018, where she edited Mad Libs and licensed titles before joining RISE the following year. She believes that kids everywhere deserve content that sparks curiosity, ignites imagination, and invites joy into their lives.

Gabriella finds her joy through writing, putting rainbow sprinkles on everything, and taking care of her basil plant. Follow her on Twitter @gwritesstuff, where she tweets about all three + the books she works on.

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]]> Courtney Young, Executive Editor https://www.penguin.com/courtney-young-executive-editor/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:42:34 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1274 Courtney Young, Executive Editor of Riverhead Books, specializes in entertaining and idea-driven nonfiction with a focus on natural and social science, business, technology, culture, and narrative journalism.

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]]> Courtney Young specializes in entertaining and idea-driven nonfiction with a focus on natural and social science, business, technology, culture, and narrative journalism. She has edited books by a number of award-winning and bestselling authors, including Gretchen McCulloch, David Epstein, James Nestor, Carlo Rovelli, Jing Tsu, Juli Berwald, and xkcd creator Randall Munroe.

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]]> Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor https://www.penguin.com/jake-morrissey-executive-editor/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:40:56 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1271 Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor of Riverhead Books, publishes both fiction and non-fiction in the areas of narrative nonfiction, history, science, culture, religion/spirituality, humor, historical fiction, and thrillers.

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]]> Jake Morrissey publishes both fiction and nonfiction in history, science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and literary and historical fiction. He works with a wide range of bestselling and award-winning authors, including Daniel H. Pink, Anne Lamott, James McBride, Priya Parker, Michele Harper, and Marlon James, with whom he cohosts the podcast Marlon & Jake Read Dead People.

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]]> Sarah McGrath, Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief https://www.penguin.com/sarah-mcgrath-vice-president-editor-in-chief/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:38:35 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1265 Sarah McGrath is Vice President and Editor in Chief of Riverhead Books, where she acquires and edits a range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Among the critically acclaimed and New York Times-bestselling authors she currently edits are Khaled Hosseini, Meg Wolitzer, Chang-rae Lee, Lauren Groff, Paula Hawkins, Emma Straub, Maile Meloy, Brit Bennett, Tiphanie Yanique, Anton DiSclafani, Jean Kwok, Danielle Evans, Meghan O’Rourke, Margaret Talbot, Dana Goodyear, and Helen Oyeyemi.

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]]> Sarah McGrath has acquired and edited a range of fiction and select nonfiction for Riverhead since 2006. The editor of multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, she has seen her authors named winners or finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the NBCC Award, the Women’s Prize, the Story Prize, and the MacArthur “Genius Grant.”

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]]> Rebecca Saletan, Vice President and Editorial Director https://www.penguin.com/rebecca-saletan-vice-president-and-editorial-director/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:37:37 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1262 Rebecca Saletan is Vice President and Editorial Director of Riverhead Books. Over the course of three decades in publishing, Ms. Saletan has acquired and edited a range of award-winning and bestselling writers, including Mohsin Hamid, Junot Díaz, Masha Gessen, Peter Matthiessen, Philippe Petit, Claire Vaye Watkins, Hanna Rosin, Ivan Doig, Boris Johnson, and Diane McWhorter. She publishes literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, and books on current events, the environment, food, travel, science, women’s issues, and diverse cultures.

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]]> Becky Saletan edits a wide range of literary nonfiction and fiction, with emphasis on underrepresented and global voices and perspectives. The writers with whom she has worked include Nobelist and International Booker Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, Nobelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, National Book Award winner Masha Gessen, two-time Booker Prize finalist Mohsin Hamid, and Women’s Prize winner Kamila Shamsie.

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]]> Jynne Dilling Martin, Vice President and Deputy Publisher https://www.penguin.com/jynne-dilling-martin-vice-president-associate-publisher-and-director-of-publicity/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:36:09 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=1258 Jynne Dilling Martin is the Vice President, Associate Publisher and Director of Publicity at Riverhead Books. She has spearheaded the publicity campaigns of dozens of award-winning, New York Times-bestselling books, including Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train, Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed, Junot Díaz’s This is How You Lose Her, Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings, Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin, and David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas.

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Jynne Dilling Martin is the Deputy Publisher of Riverhead Books. She oversees the publicity and marketing teams and also acquires and edits a range of fiction and nonfiction titles. She has spearheaded the campaigns for dozens of award-winning, New York Times bestselling books.

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