Emily Bestler, Senior Vice President, Editor-in-Chief
Areas of interest: Commerical Fiction, Memoir, General Nonfiction
Authors include: Vince Flynn, Jodi Picoult, Brad Thor, John Connolly, Glenn Beck, Liza Marklund, Malla Nunn, Kristina Ohlsson, Nicolle Wallace, Isaac Marion, Julie Kramer, James Wesley, Rawles, Alex Adams, David Lyons, Mike DeSimone, Jeff Jenssen, and Sister Souljah
Malaika Adero, Vice President and Senior Editor
Areas of interest: Fiction: African American, International, Literary, Commercial, Women's, Speculative, Historical, Erotic Nonfiction: Autobiography, Biography, Popular History, Mind/Body/Spirit, Inspiration, Popular Culture, Current Affairs, Fashion/Beauty, Health, Personal Finance
Authors include: T.D. Jakes, Tavis Smiley, Zane, Sheila Weller, Blair Underwood, Alexis Wright, Farai Chideya, Victoria Rowell, Damon Wayans, Walter Mosley, Maryse Conde, Vickie Stringer, Tananarive Due, Kevin Powell, Common, Mikki Taylor, and Lorene Cary
Greer Hendricks, Vice President and Senior Editor
Areas of interest: Quality commercial fiction and nonfiction, including memoirs, parenting, and health and beauty
Authors include: Jennifer Weiner, Jude Deveraux, Lisa Tucker, Emily Listfield, Paula Froelich, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, Liz Tuccillo, Eva Scrivo and Ian James Corlett
Johanna Castillo, Vice President and Senior Editor
Areas of interest: Quality commercial fiction: Historical, Women, Thrillers, Literary. Inspirational self-help, narrative nonfiction, foreign translations and books for our international, Latino, and Spanish-language lines
Authors include: Laura Esquivel, Laura Day, Jorge Posada, Daisy Martinez, Javier Sierra, Felix Palma, Maria Dueñas, Juan Gomez-Jurado, Peter Prange, Augusto Cury, Dr.Elisha Goldstein, Maria Celeste Arrarás, Daisy Fuetnes, Liz Balmaseda, Xu Xiaobin
Sarah Durand, Senior Editor
Areas of interest: Memoir, celebrity, self-help, health/healing, suspense/thriller, historical and book club fiction
Authors include: Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi, Ricki Lake, Kirstie Alley, Terri Cheney, Dr. Jeffry Life, Lou Reed, Nicole Richie, Tara Hyland, Shania Twain, A.D. Scott, Alan Lazar
Sarah Branham, Senior Editor
Areas of interest: Commercial and literary fiction, including book club, mysteries, thrillers, and historical, as well as memoirs and cookbooks
Authors include: Rosie Alison, Paul Cleave, Ronlyn Domingue, Ron Douglas, Posie Graeme-Evans, Cathi Hanauer, Ellen Hopkins, Lisa Jewell, Douglas Kennedy, William Kent Krueger, Juliet Nicolson, Aarón Sánchez, and Dominic Smith
Amy Tannenbaum, Editor
Amy Tannenbaum works with Johanna Castillo along with her own list of authors.
Areas of interest: Memoir, self-help, celebrity, popular culture, very well written commercial women's fiction and books for our Latino and international lines
Authors include: Barbara Reich, Laurie Davis, Gavin Edwards, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn
Sarah Cantin, Associate Editor
Sarah Cantin works with Greer Hendricks and is developing her own list of titles. Her most recent acquisitions are The Capitolist by Karin Tanabe, Ten Girls to Watch by Charity Shumway and The Little Book of Diet Help by Kimberly Willis, PhD.
Areas of interest: Quality commercial, literary, and historical fiction, memoir, travel, cooking, health and fitness
Kate Cetrulo, Assistant Editor
Kate Cetrulo works with Emily Bestler along with her own list of authors.
Areas of interest: Commercial fiction, memoir, general nonfiction
Todd Hunter, Assistant Editor
Todd Hunter works with Malaika Adero.
Areas of interest: African American, nonfiction, literary and commercial fiction, political, and suspense/mystery/thriller
Authors include: Terrance Dean, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Christelyn Karazin, Jeff Farley
Titles Include: Mogul, You Get What You Play For, and Swirling
Zane
Zane is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen titles. In addition to writing, Zane is the publisher of Strebor Books International, an imprint of Atria/Simon & Schuster. Under Strebor, Zane is responsible for acquiring dozens of titles per year and currently has more than seventy-five authors under her imprint including the Honorable Judge Greg Mathis and New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree. In December 2005, Strebor Books became the first major publishing house to implement an independent sales representative program. In 2007, Zane launched two new lines of books and published a record 60 titles. In 2009, she launched another line of books called Strebor Quickiez.
Charmaine Parker
Charmaine R. Parker is a former newspaper journalist who worked as a reporter, copy editor, and managing editor. She is the publishing director for Strebor Books.
Paul Olsewski, Vice President and Director of Publicity
Paul Olsewski has truly worked on book campaigns from the far right to the far left, including books from: Newt Gingrich, Margaret Thatcher, Senator John Edwards, Dolly Parton, and Boy George. Being a dog person, his favorite project remains My Life as a Dog, the memoir by Moose, aka Eddie from television's Fraiser.
David Brown, Deputy Director of Publicity
David Brown has spearheaded the #1 New York Times bestselling campaigns of Jodi Picoult, Vince Flynn, and Brad Thor. Additionally, he has led publicity campaigns for Apolo Ohno, Shirley MacLaine, Evander Holyfield, and Damon Wayans.
Lisa Sciambra, Assistant Director of Publicity
Lisa Sciambra joined Atria Books in October 2009 and enjoys coordinating publicity campaigns for a wide range of titles and authors including fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jennifer Weiner and Lauren Weisberger; bestselling political fiction by Nicolle Wallace; cookbooks by Daisy Martinez and Aaron Sanchez; nonfiction including Jill Bialosky’s History of a Suicide and Sarah Ferguson’s Finding Sarah; and fashion and beauty books such as Eva Scrivo on Beauty, Dr. Perricone’s Forever Young and Lloyd Boston’s Style Checklist.
Yona Deshommes, Publicity Manager
Yona Deshommes coordinates publicity for Strebor Books, Atria's African American literature line, and is the in-house publicity liaison for Cash Money Content Books. She has worked with myriad authors that include: Common (One Day It'll All Make Sense)Tananarive Due (My Soul to Keep), Terrance Dean (Mogul, Hiding in Hip Hop) and Lorene Cary (If Sons,Then Heirs), Her current and upcoming projects include Worth Fighting Forby Lisa Niemi Swayze, Death of the CheatingMan by Ray J and Maxwell Billieon, Let It Goby TD Jakes and These Girlsby Sarah Pekkanen.
Mellony Torres, Senior Publicist
Mellony Torres handles publicity for a range of genres, including women's fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, and memoirs. Mellony has worked on New York Times bestsellers America's Most Wanted Recipes by Ron Douglas, Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden, and The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma. Mellony also works with many of the Latino authors, which are part of the Atria Español Latino publishing program that was launched in the spring of 2006. She is currently working with New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins on her first adult novel Triangles.
Diana Franco, Senior Publicist
Diana Franco joined Atria as a senior publicist in January 2011, after five years in the publicity department at the Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Bantam Dell. She handles campaigns in a wide range of genres including women’s and general fiction, memoirs, self-help, and history. Currently she is working with María Dueñas on The Time in Between, Betsy Myers on Take the Lead, Alan Lazar on Roam, among others.
Adiya Mobley, Associate Publicist
Adiya joined Atria Books in September 2008 and specializes in African American literature. She has handled PR campaigns for Relationships Expert, Demetria Lucas, floral designer Olivier, and debut novelist Rashad Harrison. She has also played a key role in the success of Strebor Books, as well as a number of bestselling authors including rapper Common and International Bestseller Maria Dueñas. She is currently working on Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner that Shocked a Nation among others.
Cristina Suarez, Associate Publicist
Cristina joined Atria in April 2010 and has worked with bestselling authors such as Lauren Weisberger and Lisa Tucker. She’s also played a role in the success of several trade paperback original fiction titles including The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison, The Bird House by Kelly Simmons and Best Kept Secret by Amy Hatvany. Genres of interest include commercial and literary women's fiction, fashion, beauty, and cooking.
Ariele Fredman, Publicist
Ariele joined Atria in August 2010 and handles publicity for a wide range of titles. She has created publicity campaigns for New York Times bestselling author Spencer Quinn, legendary golfer Tom Watson, international bestseller Lisa Jewell, and has assisted on publicity campaigns for Shania Twain, Jodi Picoult, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Nina Garcia, Sir Roger Moore, and Portia de Rossi. She is currently working on debut novelist Peter Golden’s Comeback Love and the exciting investigative health book Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?. Genres of interest include commercial & literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, how-to’s, and pop culture.
Chris Lloreda, Vice President and Deputy Publisher
Chris Lloreda oversees the marketing campaigns for Atria Books, Washington Square Press, Atria/Beyond Words, Strebor Books, and Atria Español, and acts as a liaison between editorial and sales and editorial and marketing.
Hillary Tisman, Marketing Manager
Hillary Tisman serves as a liaison between the Atria publisher's office and the bookselling community, and she coordinates marketing campaigns for individual titles and authors as well as multi-title promotions.
Darlene Delillo, Global Program Manager for The Secret
Darlene Delillo oversees domestic, international and foreign publications of all the Secret titles, in all formats: The Secret, The Secret Gratitude Book, and The Secret Daily Teachings, all by Rhonda Byrne; and The Secret to Teen Power, by Paul Harrington. She is also the Program Manager for Atria Distribution Client Cash Money Content.
Kimberly Goldstein, Managing Editor
Kimberly Goldstein oversees the entire production process from manuscript to finished book for Atria Books, Emily Bestler Books, Washington Square Press, Atria/Beyond Words, and Strebor Books.
Jeanne Lee, Senior Art Director
Jeanne M. Lee, Art Director at Atria Books, began her career as a high school summer intern for both the Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster Art Departments. She continued interning during her summer and winter breaks throughout her four years at SUNY Purchase College, where she earned her BFA in graphic design.
Jeanne officially joined Pocket Books as a designer shortly after graduation. Her more than 25 years of experience creating jackets and covers for books in all formats and for numerous imprints allows her to successfully design and art direct for Atria's diverse list of titles. Her work has been featured in Print, New York Book Show, Communication Arts, and Society of Illustrators.
Lisa Keim, Vice President & Director, Subsidiary Rights
Lisa Keim oversees all international and domestic subsidiary rights for the Atria list.
Judith Curr, Executive Vice President and Publisher
As publisher and founder of Atria Books, Judith has ultimate responsibility for all the editorial, publishing, and marketing activities of the Atria imprint. Judith believes in creating books that are physically beautiful and that can help to shape the culture in positive, constructive ways. She was the guiding force behind the publishing of the international phenomenon The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (more than 16 million copies sold). Judith is an industry leader in adopting new technologies and developing innovative marketing strategies. She currently teaches a course at New York University called: From Writer to Reader: An Introduction to Book Publishing (Spring semester). In just ten years, she has overseen Atria’s growth into a consistently successful and forward-thinking division within legendary publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster, Inc. A native of Australia, Judith has been an executive in American publishing since 1996.
Peter Borland, Vice President and Editorial Director
Areas of interest: Quality Commerical Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Popular Culture
Authors include: Jill Bialosky, Portia de Rossi, Mireille Guiliano, Spencer Johnson, Joseph Kanon, Shirley MacLaine, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Spencer Quinn
Alexandra Arnold, Editorial Assistant
Alexandra works with Sarah Durand and Sarah Branham.
Caroline Porter, Editorial Assistant
Caroline assists Emily Bestler.
Lee Anna Woodcock, Publishing & Marketing Coordinator
Lee Anna works with Chris Lloreda in the Publisher's Office, acting as a liaison between editorial, sales, publicity, and marketing.
Kitt Reckord, Administrative Coordinator
Kitt works with Judith Curr. She manages the Publisher’s schedule and acts as a go-between for all departments.
Wilkin Cabrera, Associate
Wilkin assists with marketing campaigns for individual titles and authors, as well as multi-title promotions.
Kristen Lemire, Managing Editorial Assistant
Kristen Lemire works with Kimberly Goldstein and assists in the management of Atria’s full title list and acts as a go-between for all departments.
Anne Gardner, Assistant Marketing Manager
Anne works with the publisher’s office on all marketing initiatives, including multi-title promotions and title-specific marketing campaigns.
Julia Scribner, Online Marketing Manager
Julia Scribner works with the publisher's office on all online marketing initiatives for authors and title specific campaigns.
Daniel Loedel, Editorial Assistant
Daniel works with Peter Borland.