Charlotte Peters, Author at Penguin Books

David Howe, Associate Editor

Charlotte Peters — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:04:00 +0000

David Howe joined Dutton as an Associate Editor in 2024 and acquires a wide range of nonfiction. On the prescriptive side, he looks for books that lead to healthier lives or demystify transformative concepts for a broader audience, written by authors who combine rigorous research with commercial appeal. In narrative nonfiction, he’s most interested in pop science and psychology, overlooked history, timely journalism, platform-driven memoir, and sports.

Before coming to Dutton, David was at HarperCollins and Hachette Book Group, where he worked with bestselling and award-winning authors including Tim Alberta, Douglas Brinkley, Natalie Haynes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Maria Ressa, Amity Shlaes, and Kevin Sites.

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Rachael Kelly, Editor

Charlotte Peters — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:58:00 +0000

Rachael Kelly is an Editor at Dutton acquiring commercial and upmarket/book club fiction across genres—stories that combine rapid pacing, nuanced character development, complex themes, and compelling hooks. She is building a list that prioritizes both voice and plot, and gravitates toward fiction that is romantic, escapist, suspenseful, mysterious, or psychological in nature, especially from authors with fresh perspectives and strong connections to their subject matter. Before joining the Dutton team in May 2024, Rachael worked at Grand Central Publishing, where she assisted with a number of New York Times bestselling authors, such as Colleen Hoover, David Baldacci, and Nicholas Sparks, while building her own list, including Maria Dong’s critically acclaimed Liar, Dreamer, Thief and Kehinde Fadipe’s #ReadWithJenna Today Show book club pick The Sun Sets in Singapore. Rachael is also open to select narrative nonfiction and memoir, especially works that reflect on culture, identity, singular experiences, and the lasting effects of history.

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Nick Amphlett, Senior Editor

Charlotte Peters — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:44:00 +0000

Nick Amphlett joined Dutton as a Senior Editor in September 2024. He acquires nonfiction, with particular interest in history, politics and current events, popular science, narrative nonfiction, biography, and sports.

Prior to Dutton, he spent ten years at William Morrow, where he edited a range of leading journalists, academics, and thought leaders, including recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, and NBA Finals MVP Award.

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