Molly McGhee joined Saga Press in 2026, acquiring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction. She previously worked in the editorial departments of Tor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, McSweeney’s, and NOON. Her first acquisition was Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six, which debuted at No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list and became an international sensation. Across her publishing career, she has worked with authors including but not limited to Holly Black, Brandon Sanderson, V. E. Schwab, Cory Doctorow, Alix E. Harrow, Ada Palmer, Ling Ma, Katherine Addison, and Jeff VanderMeer.
Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Molly teaches creative writing at Columbia University and brings a novelist’s perspective to her editorial work. Her debut, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.
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