Catherine Barra, Author at Penguin Books https://www.penguin.com/author/cbarra/ Because Reading Matters Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:13:22 +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 Catherine Barra, Author at Penguin Books https://www.penguin.com/author/cbarra/ 32 32 Ibrahim Ahmad, Executive Editor https://www.penguin.com/ibrahim-ahmad-executive-editor-2/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:46:21 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=3416 Ibrahim Ahmad joined Viking as executive editor in 2021. His nonfiction interests include current affairs, politics, history, science and technology, biography, business, and pop culture. He also publishes an eclectic array of literary fiction and crime fiction, with a particular focus on incendiary, urgent voices that subvert and expand the existing literature. His first title…

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]]> Ibrahim Ahmad joined Viking as executive editor in 2021. His nonfiction interests include current affairs, politics, history, science and technology, biography, business, and pop culture. He also publishes an eclectic array of literary fiction and crime fiction, with a particular focus on incendiary, urgent voices that subvert and expand the existing literature. His first title on the Viking list, His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award; other recent and forthcoming titles include works by Nathaniel Philbrick, Ruth Ozeki, Heather Cox Richardson, Nancy Isenberg, Nancy MacLean, Salman Khan, Matthew F. Delmont, Fab 5 Freddy, and Dwyer Murphy. As editorial director at Akashic Books, where he worked for two decades, Ahmad published a list of extraordinary writers from around the world, including Maaza Mengiste, Chris Abani, Tayari Jones, Marlon James, Amiri Baraka, Kwame Dawes, Bernardine Evaristo, Nelson George, Percival Everett, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Ben Okri, Edwidge Danticat, Michael Stipe, Prodigy from Mobb Deep, Michael Imperioli, and Adam Mansbach.

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]]> Lindsay Ribar, Contracts, Finance, and Subsidiary Rights Manager https://www.penguin.com/lindsay-ribar-contracts-finance-and-subsidiary-rights-manager/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:05:35 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=3429 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Lindsay Ribar joined DAW Books as its contracts, finance, and subsidiary rights manager in 2016, after spending nearly ten years at the Sanford J. Greenburger Associates literary agency. A graduate of NYU, she is the author of three YA contemporary fantasy novels from Penguin Young Readers, as well as one contemporary YA from Scholastic. You can find her on Twitter at @LindsayRibar.

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]]> Sareer Khader, Editor https://www.penguin.com/sareer-khader-editor/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:40:00 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2929 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Sareer Khader (she/her) is an Editor at Berkley, which she joined in 2019. She is particularly keen to acquire immersive romantasy with stunning worlds and swoony relationships, cozy fantasy with warmth and heart (particularly with themes of found family), diverse horror and thrillers, elevated contemporary romance and romcoms, and genre blending book club fiction. Her authors include USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler, Nick Medina, Jade Beer, and Aurora Palit. Some of her forthcoming projects are Kate Posey’s Serial Killer Games, The Rainfall Market by Yeong-Gwang You, Wedding Dashers by Heather McBreen, and Maggie Rapier’s Soulgazer. Sareer was raised on Disney and Bollywood, and her cat is basically the feline version of Toothless.

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]]> Liz Sellers, Associate Editor https://www.penguin.com/liz-sellers-associate-editor/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:12:29 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2927 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Liz Sellers (she/her) is an Associate Editor at Berkley, where she started her career in 2019 while earning her MS in Publishing from NYU. While she’s particularly eager to find books on the dark, edgier side of New Adult and adult romance, Liz acquires contemporary and historical romances and rom coms that range from light and sweet to dark and spicy. When she’s not seeing a Broadway musical or snuggling with her two cats, Liz is on the lookout for genre-bending commercial fiction that blends an immersive love story with elements of simple fantasy/magic or suspense. Her recent and upcoming projects include PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly, Strike and Burn by Taylor Hutton, and Willing Prey by Allie Oleander.

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]]> Josh Starr, Managing Editor https://www.penguin.com/josh-starr/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:41:17 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2922 Joshua Starr joined DAW Books in 2007 and has been DAW's managing editor since 2012. Prior to joining DAW, he interned at Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, CMJ New Music Monthly, and the Center for Public Integrity. He is a graduate of Yale University.

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]]> Joshua Starr joined DAW Books in 2007 and has been DAW’s managing editor since 2012. Prior to joining DAW, he interned at Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, CMJ New Music Monthly, and the Center for Public Integrity. He is a graduate of Yale University.

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]]> Jenn Snyder, Assistant Editor https://www.penguin.com/jenn-snyder-assistant-editor/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:19:56 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2906 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Assistant Editor Jenn Snyder (they/them) started their career in academic publishing before joining Berkley in 2017.  While at Berkley they have worked closely with the Prime Crime mystery list, acquiring projects such as In The Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace and A Monster At Death’s Door by USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan.  A lover of all things spooky and unsettling, Jenn is primarily focused on acquiring thrillers, suspense, science fiction and fantasy, and horror, as well as queer commercial and upmarket fiction.  They received their M.S. in Publishing from Pace University in 2018.

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]]> Miranda Hill, Assistant Editor https://www.penguin.com/miranda-hill-assistant-editor/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:19:06 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2904 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Miranda Hill (she/her) is an Assistant Editor at Berkley. After joining the Berkley team in 2016, she was immediately drawn to acquiring mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror for both Berkley and Berkley’s Ace imprint. Some of her recent and upcoming titles are The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith, The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz, and Deadly Summer Nights by national bestselling author Vicki Delany.

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]]> Angela Kim, Editor https://www.penguin.com/angela-kim-editor/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:12:00 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2908 Associate Editor Sarah Blumenstock joined Berkley in 2016. Prior to joining Berkley she sold foreign and domestic rights for Penguin Young Readers. Sarah acquires commercial women’s fiction and romance—both historical and contemporary. Some of her recent and upcoming titles include The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by New York Times bestselling author Lori Nelson Spielman, A Touch of Forever by USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Faker by Sarah Smith.

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]]> Angela Kim (she/her) is an Editor at Berkley. She is looking for thriller/suspense that is chilling yet darkly humorous and witty; sweeping contemporary romance with sparkling chemistry; book club fiction that speaks to the peculiarities of the human condition; and genre-blending mystery that is equal parts gritty and cozy. She is particularly interested in collaborating with authors from underrepresented communities and seeing sharp stories for the millennial and Gen Z audience. She works with award-winning and bestselling authors such as Ashley Herring Blake, Mia P. Manansala, and Lynn Painter.

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]]> Esi Sogah, Executive Editor https://www.penguin.com/esi-sogah-executive-editor/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:04:00 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=5515 Esi Sogah (she/her) joined Berkley as an executive editor in 2022, acquiring women’s fiction, historical fiction, and romance. Her lifelong love of romance novels led to career that began at William Morrow and Avon Books before she moved to Kensington Publishing, where she worked on a variety of fiction and nonfiction.

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]]> Esi Sogah (she/her) joined Berkley as an executive editor in 2022, acquiring women’s fiction, historical fiction, and romance. Her lifelong love of romance novels led to career that began at William Morrow and Avon Books before she moved to Kensington Publishing, where she worked on a variety of fiction and nonfiction.

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]]> Benjamin Lee, Senior Vice President, Associate Publisher, Paperbacks & Backlist https://www.penguin.com/benjamin-lee-vp-associate-publisher-of-paperbacks-2/ Mon, 03 May 2021 14:15:00 +0000 https://www.penguin.com/?p=2207 Ben Lee joined Dutton, Putnam, and Berkley as Vice President, Associate Publisher of paperbacks in March 2015. He oversees the paperback conversion program for all of Dutton and Putnam’s books. Prior to joining Dutton, Putnam, and Berkley, Ben was most recently VP, Associate Publisher of Atria Books at Simon & Schuster, overseeing campaigns for many New York Times bestselling authors including Brad Thor, Jennifer Weiner, Vince Flynn, Theresa Caputo, Rachael Ray and Buddy Valastro.

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]]> Ben Lee joined Dutton, Putnam, and Berkley as Vice President, Associate Publisher of paperbacks in March 2015.  He oversees the paperback conversion program for all of Dutton and Putnam’s books. Prior to joining Dutton, Putnam, and Berkley, Ben was most recently VP, Associate Publisher of Atria Books at Simon & Schuster, overseeing campaigns for many New York Times bestselling authors including Brad Thor, Jennifer Weiner, Vince Flynn, Theresa Caputo, Rachael Ray and Buddy Valastro.

Prior to that at Simon, he sold the warehouse clubs and later handled Target, Readerlink, B&T, Ingram and the CBA. He started his publishing career at Random House, where he worked in sales with the warehouse clubs as well as in marketing with the Information Group.

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