Carina Guiterman, Vice President and Executive Editor

Carina Guiterman is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster, where she acquires literary and upmarket fiction, as well as select narrative nonfiction, including memoirs and essay collections. Her taste in fiction spans many genres: domestic and psychological suspense, coming of age, family sagas, adventure stories, and more. She is always drawn to books that challenge the expected tropes of a genre and that combine captivating, smart prose with strong narrative momentum to pull the reader in and illuminate the contradictions and complexities hidden inside all of us.

Some of the books Carina has acquired and edited at Simon & Schuster include Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, The Bright Years and The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff, Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland, The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean, Swift River by Essie Chambers, Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle,  The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson, The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, Magpie by Elizabeth Day, Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt, and An Honest Woman by Charlotte Shane.