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Olivia Taylor Smith, Senior Editor

Olivia Taylor Smith joined Simon & Schuster in 2022 as Senior Editor. Prior to joining S&S, Olivia was the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Unnamed Press in Los Angeles for over eight years where she published over 88 books. Her focus has always been on championing dynamic and voice-driven storytelling from the US and around the world, particularly by debut authors, and including books like A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers (finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novel Award), Homesick by Jennifer Croft (winner of the Saroyan International Prize), and Like a Bird by Fariha Roisin (one of NPR and Vogue’s Best Books of 2020).

Titles Olivia has acquired and are forthcoming at S&S include Heartwood by Amity Gaige, Paradise Logic by Sophie Frances Kemp, Oddbody by Rose Keating, At Last by Marisa Silver, Blackcurrant by Kerry Cullen, What Hunger by Cat Dang, Artifacts by Natalie Lemle, Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji, The Tortoise’s Tale by Kendra Coulter and Tomorrow’s Shadows by Noelle Michel (translated by Frank Wynne).