MEET THE TEAM
Andreadis leads a team of fifteen talented publicists and supervises the launches of our bestselling books. Most recently she managed the publicity campaigns for Demi Moore’s Inside Out, Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Tim Alberta’s American Carnage, Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and Homo Deus, Daniel Silva’s The Other Woman, Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman and Mark Manson’s Everything’s F*cked. Over the years she has worked with authors such as Secretary Madeline Albright, Anderson Cooper, Amanda Knox, Sarah Palin, Megan Kelly, J.D. Vance and Mitch Albom. Andreadis, who has worked in the publishing industry for over 25 years, is a graduate of Barnard College and holds an MA in English Literature from Fordham University.
Edie Astley joined Harper in 2022 after working at Norton and DeFiore & Company Agency. She is most drawn to literary and upmarket commercial fiction that centers complicated relationships and is deeply entertaining. Edie loves smart rom coms and beach reads, but also doesn’t shy away from dark and subversive stories that reveal or explore uncomfortable truths about our culture. In terms of nonfiction, she is primarily looking for voice-driven memoir and of-the-moment essay collections.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Lucy Vine, Madison Beer
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Lucy Vine, Madison Beer
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction
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Amy Baker has worked at Harper Collins since 2000. She oversees acquisition strategy, marketing, and the backlist publishing program for Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks. Prior to joining Harper Collins, Amy worked as a bookseller and store manager for Barnes and Noble. She has worked with authors including Jayne Allen, Dan Fante, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor of Welcome to Night Vale, Robert Kolker, Janina Matthewson, The McElroy Brothers, Alexandra Potter, Kevin Sites, and Willy Vlautin, and the literary estates of Zora Neale Hurston and John F. Kennedy.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Jayne Allen, Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, Janina Matthewson, Alexandra Potter, Kevin Sites, Willy Vlautin
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Jayne Allen, Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink, Janina Matthewson, Alexandra Potter, Kevin Sites, Willy Vlautin
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Millicent Bennett, Executive Editor, acquires primarily literary fiction, upmarket book club fiction, and voice-and character-driven narrative nonfiction, including memoir, with an emphasis on marginalized and underrepresented voices. She joined Harper in 2021 as part of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt integration, where she served as editorial director, and after seventeen years as editor at PRH, S&S, and Hachette.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Susannah Cahalan, Sally Field, Siri Hustvedt, Min Jin Lee, Elinor Lipman, Douglas Preston, Paul Theroux, Sarai Walker, Jess Walter, and many others.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Susannah Cahalan, Sally Field, Siri Hustvedt, Min Jin Lee, Elinor Lipman, Douglas Preston, Paul Theroux, Sarai Walker, Jess Walter, and many others.
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Jonathan Burnham has worked in publishing for nearly 30 years. He was Publishing Director of Chatto & Windus and The Hogarth Press in London for six years, and moved to New York in 1999. He was President of Miramax Books for five years, and then joined HarperCollins as Publisher of Harper in 2005. In 2017 he became President and Publisher of the Harper Group.
Jennifer Civiletto has worked at HarperCollins for twenty years. Since 2018 she has managed the extraordinary backlist at Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks, home to Harper Lee, Aldous Huxley, Richard Wright, Sylvia Plath, Betty Smith, Howard Zinn and countless other distinguished authors. Her role includes overseeing several literary estates and serving as editor on a range of backlist reissues, and while her focus is on revitalizing and upholding Harper’s rich catalog, she acquires a select number of frontlist titles and most recently published two works by Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Harper Lee, Aldous Huxley, Richard Wright, Sylvia Plath, Betty Smith, Howard Zinn
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Harper Lee, Aldous Huxley, Richard Wright, Sylvia Plath, Betty Smith, Howard Zinn
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Sean’s 28-year path in publishing has taken him from W.W. Norton to ICM, to St. Martin’s, to Crown/Random House, to publisher for Twelve Books and now Harper. He specializes in nonfiction, particularly, politics, history, current affairs, biography, and sports.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
President George W. Bush, Admiral William McRaven, Senator Tammy Duckworth
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Politics, history, current affairs, biography and sports
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
President George W. Bush, Admiral William McRaven, Senator Tammy Duckworth
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Politics, history, current affairs, biography and sports
Noah Eaker joined Harper in 2019 after fifteen years at Random House and Macmillan. He acquires broadly in fiction and nonfiction. Interests include literary fiction, especially debut, high concept commercial suspense, often with a speculative element, pop culture, particularly movies and music, reported stories, and memoir. Authors he’s worked with include Matthieu Aikins, Leigh Bardugo, Jeanine Basinger, Buzz Bissinger, Benjamin Dreyer, Robert Harris, Mira Jacob, Dennis Lehane, Will Leitch, Kelly Link, Hisham Matar, David Mitchell, Graham Moore, Téa Obreht, Julia Pierpont, Quentin Tarantino, Hannah Tinti, Sam Wasson, and the Beastie Boys.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and commercial fiction (suspense, cross-over speculative), narrative nonfiction, pop culture, pop science and reported stories.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and commercial fiction (suspense, cross-over speculative), narrative nonfiction, pop culture, pop science and reported stories.
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Lisa Erickson is the Senior Director of Marketing for Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks, overseeing the marketing department and creating bestselling marketing campaigns for all trade paperback originals, paperback reprints, and reissues/Modern Classics Editions. She has worked on all genres of books, from literary fiction to narrative nonfiction, politics, health/wellness titles, celebrity memoirs, thrillers, and commercial fiction. A passionate reader and advocate for her authors, Lisa is grateful to spend her days working to help build awareness for books. Prior to joining Harper Perennial, Lisa held positions at Crown Publishing Group, Little, Brown, and Scribner.
Emily Griffin, executive editor, joined Harper in October 2015 after twelve years at Grand Central Publishing/Warner Books. Over the course of her career, she has worked with novelists including Sara Collins, Liv Constantine (bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish), Trent Dalton, Caz Frear, and Jillian Medoff, and non-fiction authors including Anderson Cooper, Roxane Gay, Jessi Klein, Amanda Palmer, and Amy Sedaris.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Fiction across the literary-commercial spectrum, mysteries and thrillers, memoirs, selected narrative non-fiction, essay collections, especially those with a feminist perspective.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Fiction across the literary-commercial spectrum, mysteries and thrillers, memoirs, selected narrative non-fiction, essay collections, especially those with a feminist perspective.
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Sarah Haugen is a Senior Editor at Harper, acquiring nonfiction in science, the social sciences, history, cultural criticism, and reported and narrative nonfiction. Her list includes Conscious by Annaka Harris, Sapiens: A Graphic History by Yuval Noah Harari, The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry, America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson, Hands of Time by Rebecca Struthers, Taking Care by Sarah DiGregorio, and forthcoming titles The Little Book of Aliens by Adam Frank, The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger, Reasons Not to Worry by Brigid Delaney, and Indian Territory by Rebecca Nagle, among others.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Adam Frank, Zoë Schlanger, Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, Rebecca Nagle, Esther Perel, Annaka Harris, Justin Ellis, Patrick Wyman, Lucie Green, Matt Ridley, Dolly Alderton, Lizzie Wade
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Idea and argument-driven nonfiction, focused largely on science, the social sciences, history, and cultural criticism. Books with perspective and expertise
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Adam Frank, Zoë Schlanger, Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, Rebecca Nagle, Esther Perel, Annaka Harris, Justin Ellis, Patrick Wyman, Lucie Green, Matt Ridley, Dolly Alderton, Lizzie Wade
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Idea and argument-driven nonfiction, focused largely on science, the social sciences, history, and cultural criticism. Books with perspective and expertise
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Hollis Heimbouch, senior vice president and publisher of the Harper Business imprint, acquires books on management, entrepreneurship, business self-help, and business narrative. In her capacity as an executive editor at Harper, she is interested in the social sciences, particularly psychology and the intersection between technology and culture. Recent bestsellers include Great by Choice by Jim Collins, Focus by Daniel Goleman, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, The Confidence Code by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman, and Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk. Forthcoming titles include Yes, And from Second City executives Kelly Leonard & Tom Yorton, Data-ism by New York Times reporter Steve Lohr, and The Real-Life MBA by Jack and Suzy Welch.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Management, entrepreneurship, business self-help, and business narrative
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Management, entrepreneurship, business self-help, and business narrative
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Doug Jones has worked at HarperCollins since 2007 where he began as Director of Sales for the Adult Division. Prior to Harper he has worked in various sales and marketing positions at Random House and Penguin. He also managed Brazos Bookstore in Houston, TX.
Ezra Kupor, associate editor, acquires for Harper and Harper Perennial. His interests include upmarket commercial fiction, subversive book club fiction, smart rom coms, and genre-bending literary works, particularly ones that include speculative elements. He is especially drawn to books by queer authors about queer lives. For nonfiction, he is most attuned to narrative nonfiction and essay collections about culture and the way we consume and are consumed by it (be it diet culture, social media, reality TV, etc.)—especially by smart writers willing to prod at our cultural underpinnings and seek out answers fueled by their own unique POV.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Erin Slaughter, Tembe Denton-Hurst, Edy Massih, Em North
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket commerical fiction, select narrative nonfiction, essay collections
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Erin Slaughter, Tembe Denton-Hurst, Edy Massih, Em North
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket commerical fiction, select narrative nonfiction, essay collections
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Sophia Kaufman, assistant editor, acquires for Harper Perennial and Harper Paperbacks, and serves as a point person for editorial backlist initiatives. Prior to joining HarperCollins, Sophia worked as a manager at Book Culture 112th, intern for New York Review Books, and reader for The Paris Review.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Susan Stokes-Chapman, Kat Devereaux, Lang Leav, Jeremy Gordon
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Essay collections, narrative nonfiction, history, pop culture, literary fiction
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Susan Stokes-Chapman, Kat Devereaux, Lang Leav, Jeremy Gordon
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Essay collections, narrative nonfiction, history, pop culture, literary fiction
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Prior to joining HarperCollins, Hannah worked as a freelance writer based in Appalachian Virginia. Her work has appeared in The Weekly Standard and American Consequences, covering topics as varied as politics, religion, and film.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Bill Hanstock
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Politics, religion and mythology, entertainment culture, non-fiction narrative.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Bill Hanstock
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Politics, religion and mythology, entertainment culture, non-fiction narrative.
James joined HarperCollins in 2021, after completing his master’s in communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is passionate about helping authors achieve their career and business goals through the success of their books.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
David Harsanyi, Terry Szuplat, Janice Dean, Carol Roth
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Biography, Business, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, History, Politics, Science, Theology
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
David Harsanyi, Terry Szuplat, Janice Dean, Carol Roth
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Biography, Business, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, History, Politics, Science, Theology
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Eric Nelson is Executive Editor at Harper and Vice President, Publisher of Broadside, HarperCollins’ conservative imprint. Since joining Harper in 2017, he has published eleven #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to his time at HarperCollins, Penguin and Wiley, he has worked as an academic editor, a literary agent, and an author. (He wrote the successful parody Oh, The Meetings You’ll Go To under the pen name Dr. Suits.). He is interested in economics, current affairs, baseball, contrarians, religion, and anyone with half a million Twitter followers.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Peter Schweizer, Carol Roth, Peter Zeihan, Kat Timpf, Pete Hegseth, Sharyl Attkisson, David Mamet, Ari Melber, Joe Scarborough, Jesse Watters, Dan Carlin, and Chris Rufo
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Current Affairs, Science, Baseball, Business, Narrative, Pop Culture
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Peter Schweizer, Carol Roth, Peter Zeihan, Kat Timpf, Pete Hegseth, Sharyl Attkisson, David Mamet, Ari Melber, Joe Scarborough, Jesse Watters, Dan Carlin, and Chris Rufo
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Current Affairs, Science, Baseball, Business, Narrative, Pop Culture
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Since joining Harper in July 2016, Sara Nelson has acquired a varied list of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times instant bestselling novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and many others. Her titles – including The Perfectionists, Woman on Fire, Last Train to London, The Escape Artist, We All Want Impossible Things – are a mix of historical and contemporary fiction, as well as biographies and history. She has been the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, the books editor of O, the Oprah Magazine, and the editorial director for books and Kindle at Amazon.com.
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Adenike Olanrewaju is executive editor at Harper, joining the team in late 2021.
She is interested acquiring nonfiction titles that examine new ideas relating to race, class, gender and politics and working especially with emerging writers. Prior to HarperCollins, Adenike wrote cultural stories for The New York Times and is also the founder of AYO, a media platform highlighting the lives of women across the black diaspora.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Nonfiction titles that examine new ideas relating to race, class, gender and politics and working especially with emerging writers
She is interested acquiring nonfiction titles that examine new ideas relating to race, class, gender and politics and working especially with emerging writers. Prior to HarperCollins, Adenike wrote cultural stories for The New York Times and is also the founder of AYO, a media platform highlighting the lives of women across the black diaspora.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Nonfiction titles that examine new ideas relating to race, class, gender and politics and working especially with emerging writers
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Maddie Pillari joined Harper in 2018. She acquires primarily nonfiction, with a particular interest in narrative nonfiction and expert-driven projects that bring fresh perspectives to big topics like science, culture, history, politics, and relationships.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Josh Mecouch, Rebecca Heisman, Melissa Ben-Ishay, Nathan Chen, Mary Fitzgerald, Hal Rubenstein, Amy Morin
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Narrative and voice-driven nonfiction; Science, Cultural Critiscm, History, Relationships, Politics; books that push the conversation-at-large forward.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Josh Mecouch, Rebecca Heisman, Melissa Ben-Ishay, Nathan Chen, Mary Fitzgerald, Hal Rubenstein, Amy Morin
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Narrative and voice-driven nonfiction; Science, Cultural Critiscm, History, Relationships, Politics; books that push the conversation-at-large forward.
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Jackie joined the Harper Group in October 2020. She’s interested in character driven, upmarket commercial fiction, especially that uplifts underrepresented voices or features queer storylines. Whether romance, fantasy, or historical fiction, she loves books that make you laugh, cry, and everything in between!
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Upmarket commercial fiction, crossover fiction, romance, fantasy, select historical fiction
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Upmarket commercial fiction, crossover fiction, romance, fantasy, select historical fiction
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Karen Rinaldi has been a publishing executive for over three decades. Prior to joining Harper Collins in 2012 to create the imprint, Harper Wave, she was Managing Director and Publisher of Bloomsbury USA, which she joined at its inception in 1999 and served on the Bloomsbury PLC Group Operating Board from 2004 to 2008. From 2008 to 2011 Rinaldi was Publisher and General Manager of Rodale Books. In her editorial role, Rinaldi has worked across a wide range of categories, from the literary to the prescriptive. Among authors she has edited and published, past and present, are David Wojnarowicz, Anthony Bourdain, Susannah Clark, Al Gore, David Kessler, Elizabeth Lesser, Vivek Murthy, Carla Hall, Kristin Neff, Robert Lustig, Matt Hussey, Max Lugavere, Aubrey Marcus, Gregory Gourdet. For the Harper list, Rinaldi has been Mitch Albom’s editor since 2012.
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Mitch Albom, David Kessler, Elizabeth Lesser, Vivek Murthy, Carla Hall, Kristin Neff, Robert Lustig, Matt Hussey, Rodney Habib & Karen Becker, Amanda Montell, Julie Holland, Max Lugavere, Aubrey Marcus, Steven Kotler, Gregory Gourdet
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Broad-based health, wellness, and lifestyle titles, with an emphasis on voice-driven narrative
AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Mitch Albom, David Kessler, Elizabeth Lesser, Vivek Murthy, Carla Hall, Kristin Neff, Robert Lustig, Matt Hussey, Rodney Habib & Karen Becker, Amanda Montell, Julie Holland, Max Lugavere, Aubrey Marcus, Steven Kotler, Gregory Gourdet
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Broad-based health, wellness, and lifestyle titles, with an emphasis on voice-driven narrative
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Kirby Sandmeyer joined HarperCollins in 2021 after beginning her publishing career at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Acquiring for both Harper and Harper Business, Kirby is drawn to idea- and voice-driven nonfiction (both narrative and prescriptive) that has the power to shift perspectives and show familiar concepts in new ways. She is particularly interested in cultural criticism, environmentalism and sustainability, wellness, business, and all things food.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Nonfiction titles related to gender, race, and the environment
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Nonfiction titles related to gender, race, and the environment
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Sarah Stein, executive editor, joined Harper Books in 2018, after working at Penguin Books and Riverhead. Sarah is focused on literary crossover fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir, with a focus on strong stories propelled by quality writing. Writers she has worked with include Francine Prose, Jessica Winter, Marianne Cronin, Ellery Lloyd, Darcey Bell, Georgia Hunter, Anne Hillerman, Anna Solomon, Danielle Lazarin, and Maeve Higgins. Sarah is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and started her career at The Paris Review.
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Liz joined Harper in 2021 after completing the Columbia Publishing Course and interning at Transatlantic Literary Agency. Their interests in nonfiction include narrative nonfiction, memoir, and essay collections that tackle "big ideas". In fiction, their interests include upmarket and literary fiction, elevated horror and thriller (in the vein of Tender is the Flesh, Her Body and Other Parties, and The Only Good Indians), and the weird and experimental. They are dedicated to bringing to the forefront stories by and for historically excluded groups.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket fiction, suspense, thriller, and horror. Narrative nonfiction, memoir, and essay collections.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Literary and upmarket fiction, suspense, thriller, and horror. Narrative nonfiction, memoir, and essay collections.
Leah Wasielewski oversees the Harper hardcover marketing department, where she directs all Harper, Broadside Books and Harper Business hardcover publications. Her team is responsible for designing and executing creative marketing campaigns involving digital and social promotions, consumer marketing, and much more. Leah and her team have worked on noteworthy launch campaigns for authors such as Mitch Albom, Michael Chabon, Anderson Cooper, Louise Erdrich, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Lee, Dr. Nicole LePera, Mark Manson, Demi Moore, Ann Patchett, Joe Scarborough, Daniel Silva, and Gary Vaynerchuk. Leah has been the director of the group since 2011. Prior to that, she held marketing, publicity and publishing roles at Simon & Schuster for nearly a decade.
Caroline Weishuhn joined Harper in 2024 after five years at Penguin Random House. She acquires for Harper and Harper Perennial, focusing on upmarket women’s and book club fiction, heartbreaking yet uplifting love stories, taut psychological thrillers, and classically twisty mysteries. She is particularly fond of novels with unique and underrepresented voices, quirky and original premises, and rich and complex characters and relationships.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Women's fiction, book club fiction, romance, mystery, psychological thrillers
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Women's fiction, book club fiction, romance, mystery, psychological thrillers
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