Ibrahim Ahmad has worked in various capacities for Akashic Books since 2000, where he is now senior editor. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Caitlin Alexander is a senior editor at the Random House Publishing Group, where she acquires and edits a variety of fiction and nonfiction. Her authors include New York Times bestsellers Michelle Richmond (THE YEAR OF FOG), David Gibbins (THE LOST TOMB), Andy McDermott (THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS), and Gwen Cooper (HOMER’S ODYSSEY); Angela Davis-Gardner (PLUM WINE and the forthcoming BUTTERFLY’S CHILD), Sally Koslow (the forthcoming WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE), national bestseller Elizabeth Joy Arnold (PIECES OF MY SISTER’S LIFE), and International Thriller Writers Award winner Tom Piccirilli (SHADOW SEASON).

Adrienne Avila is an Editor at Berkley, a division of Penguin, where she acquires a range of nonfiction. She acquires in the areas of memoir, women’s issues, lifestyle, business, wellness, self-help, how-to. Recent non-fiction titles include the New York Times Bestseller and Wall Street Journal Bestseller WILL WORK FROM HOME by Tory Johnson and Robyn Spizman, 365 NIGHTS by Charla Muller with Betsy Thorpe, and the essay anthology IT’S A WONDERFUL LIE: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties. She is also interested in multicultural fiction and quirky women’s fiction, and acquired and edited award winning Lorraine Lopez’s THE GIFTED GABALDON SISTERS, a [Border's] National Latino Book Club pick.

Molly Boyle is an assistant editor at Bantam Dell, where she works with Kate Miciak on a list of authors that include New York Times bestsellers Lee Child, Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter. She acquires commercial fiction and mysteries, particularly for women, as well as memoir, narrative, and pop culture nonfiction, and has a particular fondness for offbeat and dark edges. She began her publishing career at NAL/Penguin.

Kerri Buckley is an editor with the Random House Publishing Group, acquiring both fiction and nonfiction for several imprints at this time. Recently released and forthcoming fiction includes LOOK AT THE BIRDIE: UNPUBLISHED SHORT FICTION by Kurt Vonnegut, HOW HIGH THE MOON by Sandra Kring, HOLLY AND HOMICIDE by Leslie Caine and DELTA GIRLS by Gayle Brandeis. On the nonfiction side, look for JUST LIKE SOMEONE WITHOUT MENTAL ILLNESS ONLY MORE SO, a memoir by Dr. Mark Vonnegut and YOU ARE WHAT YOU SPEAK: GRAMMAR GROUCHES AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE by Economist staffer Robert Lane Green.

Tom Colgan is an Executive Editor at the Penguin Book Group. He has been a publishing professional for 24 years and has edited both fiction and nonfiction. Authors he has worked with include Tom Clancy, Ed McBain, Clive Cussler, and Nevada Barr. He’s been the editor of New York Times Bestsellers such as Tom Clancy’s Airborne, and Last Man Down by FDNY Capt. Rich Picciotto.

Anna deVries is an Assistant Editor at Scribner (Simon & Schuster), where she has worked with authors such as Stephen King, Don DeLillo, Frank McCourt and Jeannette Walls. She has also worked at Viking Books and several literary agencies, including the William Morris Agency.

Some of the books she has edited include Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues, edited by Loren Rhoads; The Badlands Saloon by Jonathan Twingley; and Bad Traffic, by Simon Lewis, which was nominated for a 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Alyse Diamond is an editor at St. Martin’s Press. She enjoys acquiring nonfiction in the areas of self-help, health/medicine, pop business, parenting, cooking, memoir, and lifestyle, and she is particularly intrigued by topics of interest to female readers. Some of her recently published and forthcoming titles include Baby Love by Emmy award-winning chief Washington correspondent for MSNBC, Norah O’Donnell and her husband, the award-winning Chef Geoff Tracy, which features fast and easy homemade baby food recipes; Rules for My Unborn Son by Walker Lamond, a collection of insightful and humorous fatherly advice for boys; The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler, the owner of Divvies, New York’s famous allergen-free bakery and “fun foods” company; Home Made Simple, the definitive collection of DIY projects, cleaning and organizing tips, and more, from the TLC show and Procter & Gamble brand of the same name; and Let’s Panic About Babies by Alice Bradley and Eden M. Kennedy, a hilarious spoof of traditional, panic-ridden parenting guides, which began as the authors’ website. She is nearing completion of a master’s degree in publishing at New York University and received a B.A. in English Literature from Emory University in 2005.

Chelsea Eberly is an assistant editor with Random House Books for Young Readers. She acquires the full spectrum of children’s books—picture books, middle grade, and YA. She’s had the pleasure of working with New York Times bestselling authors Mary Pope Osborne and Tamora Pierce. She’s on the lookout for YA projects with great voice and an unusual twist.

Alexis Gargagliano, an editor at Scribner, began her publishing career in the marketing department of Simon & Schuster. After working in the Knopf editorial department she joined Scribner, where she had the opportunity to work with Nan Graham on such books as The Glass Castle, Brick Lane, Eat the Document and Living History by Hillary Clinton. Her current list includes Matt Bondurant, Staceyann Chin, Adam Gollner, Mira Kamdar, Robin Romm, Joanna Smith Rakoff and Jennifer Gilmore, whose first novel, Golden Country, was a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Book Prize.

Sara Goodman has been acquiring young adult for St. Martin’s Press for the last four years. She loves gritty, contemporary young adult novels with strong female characters and anything with high stakes, a fast pace, and a plot driven storyline.

Michael Homler is an Editor at St. Martin’s Press. He acquires in a wide range of areas which include general and literary fiction, mystery/thrillers, graphic novels, narrative nonfiction and biography. He has worked on such books as the NBCC winning biography JAMES TIPTREE JR. by Julie Phillips, THE FAULT TREE by Louise Ure, Lee Child’s anthology KILLER YEAR, the Edgar-nominated PYRES by Derek Nikitas, and Don Mattingly’s HITTING IS SIMPLE by Don Mattingly and Jim Rosenthal.

Dana Edwin Isaacson is a Senior Editor with the Random House Publishing Group, where he edits both fiction and non-fiction. He has worked as an abridger, a writer and a literary agent. He has also been an editor at ReganBooks, St. Martin’s Press and Pocket Books. Recent non-fiction titles he has worked on include NOBODIES: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy by John Bowe, WRESTLING WITH GRAVY: A Life, with Food by Jonathan Reynolds, and THE DEVIL’S GENTLEMAN: Power, Privilege and the Trial that Ushered in the Twentieth Century by Harold Schechter.

Bronwen Hruska is the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Soho Press, an independent publisher of literary fiction. Founded twenty-four years ago, Soho has launched the careers of authors including Edwidge Danticat, Garth Stein, Stephen Fry, Dan Fesperman, Jacqueline Winspear, Cara Black and Robert Hellenga. Soho publishes between 60 and 80 titles a year under three imprints—Soho, Soho Crime and Soho Constable—and specializes in literary fiction and memoir, and mystery series set overseas.

Celia Johnson is an associate editor at Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group). She focuses on horror, suspense, mysteries, and commercial nonfiction. Her titles include legendary director George Romero’s novels inspired by the zombie universe of his classic films Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, another examination of the zombie world by a Harvard professor, M.C. Beaton’s cozy mysteries, and an oral history of the Mickey Mouse Club, Why? Because We Like You! She’s currently looking for suspense novels and mysteries that have the potential to crossover successfully into the general fiction marketplace. She’s also on the lookout for quirky pop culture titles and narrative nonfiction with high commercial appeal.

Lyssa Keusch is an Executive Editor at Morrow/Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, where she primarily acquires a range of commercial fiction, including thrillers and suspense, as well as women’s fiction. Lyssa also acquires selected non-fiction, with interest in memoir and narrative nonfiction with a commercial slant. Her most recent titles are SELF-COMPASSION: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind by Kristin Neff, PhD and REAL FOOD FOR HEALTHY KIDS by Tanya Wenman Steele and Tracey Seaman. Other titles include NOT FADE AWAY: A Short Life Well Lived by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton and LOVE & MADNESS: The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich. Lyssa is also currently in the process of developing a popular science book with biologist Daniel Riskin, PhD for acquisition.

Krista Marino is an Executive Editor at Delacorte Press (Random House Children’s Books) where she acquires and edits Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction. Authors she works with include Frank Portman, Michael Scott, Carrie Ryan, James Dashner, Matt de la Peña, and Jennifer Donnelly.

Samantha Martin acquires fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, and select parenting titles for Scribner. The fiction she has published includes Model Home by Eric Puchner, Alex Award winner and bestseller The God of Animals and Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories by Aryn Kyle, Lost by Alice Lichtenstein, and The Cure for Grief by Nellie Hermann. Current and upcoming nonfiction includes Henry’s Demons by NBCC finalist Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn, Amen, Amen, Amen by Abby Sher, The Last of the Tribe by Monte Reel, The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch, Animal Investigators by Laurel Neme, Hippocrates’ Shadow by Dr. David Newman, The Blessing of a B Minus by New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mogel, Ph.D., Lost at School by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., and Eat, Sleep, Poop by Dr. Scott W. Cohen.

Leah Miller is an editor at Free Press. With a specialty in narrative non-fiction and memoir, her list includes bestselling memoir The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok, Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan, and the upcoming Crazy River by Richard Grant. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars program, Miller interned with Oxford University Press and worked at Sterling Lord Literistic in both domestic agenting and foreign rights. Among the authors with whom she has worked are Peter Bergen, Annie Murphy Paul, Julia Scheeres, Mikal Gilmore, Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

David Moldawer is an associate editor at St. Martin’s Press, where he acquires and edits nonfiction books. His titles include RULE THE WEB by Mark Frauenfelder, THE MAD FISHERMAN by Charlie Moore with Charles Salzberg, THE INDIE BAND SURVIVAL GUIDE by Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow of the band Beatnik Turtle, and LAWYER BOY, a memoir of law school by Rick Lax. David lives in New York City.

Leis Pederson is currently an Associate Editor with the Berkley Publishing Group. She acquires commercial fiction, including romance, erotic romance, urban fantasy, women’s fiction, mysteries, thrillers and general fiction. Her titles include AND FALLING, FLY by Skyler White, DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER by Eileen Rendahl, THE SILVER BEAR by Derek Haas, TOWN IN A BLUEBERRY JAM by B. B. Haywood and INSIDE OUT by Lauren Dane.

Brant Rumble is a Senior Editor at Scribner. His list includes Esquire columnist Chuck Klosterman, ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer, and nationally syndicated ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist Gustavo Arellano. Brant’s recent titles include Benjamin Nugent’s American Nerd: The Story of My People and Daniel Radosh’s Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. Brant acquires and edits a variety of narrative nonfiction, memoir, and literary fiction; usual subjects include pop culture, subcultures, music, and sports. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

Hilary Rubin Teeman joined St. Martin’s Press as an Associate Editor in May 2006. Prior to that, she spent three years at Trident Media Group, where she represented her own list of authors and handled audio rights for the company. At St. Martin’s Press, Hilary is looking to acquire commercial and literary women’s fiction, historical fiction and romantic suspense, as well as memoirs, pop-culture, sociology, and prescriptive non-fiction titles.