KRISTINA RADKE
Likes: her friends, her family, her books.
Dislikes: crowded subway trains, tourists who stop in the middle of the sidewalk, creepy crawly city vermin.
Current job: marketing assistant at HarperCollins Children’s Books
What she does all day: write copy for various marketing materials like featured titles for the website and advertisements, brainstorm marketing ideas for upcoming titles, get approval for materials from marketing, editorial, and authors. Generally, just be a badass.
Greatest moment in publishing so far:
One day, while interning at Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) I answered the phone to discover I was speaking to Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith. That alone was surreal enough to make me question my existence, but when he (quite agitatedly) asked to speak to the publisher and I couldn’t put him directly in touch (he was out and without his cell phone), Steven Tyler then proceeded to give me Joe Perry’s home phone number, which I promptly put on the publisher’s desk without making a copy… I knew the temptation was too great for any one person to resist (especially me).
Some books she’s worked on recently:
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund; L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad; The Evernight Series by Claudia Gray; The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen
Past jobs: high school English teacher, optometrist’s assistant, receptionist, lifeguard
EMILY LYMAN
Likes: New York City, her job, romance novels
Dislikes: stupid people,
Current job: publicity assistant at Random House’s Broadway Books
What she does all day: pull media lists, write press releases, arrange tours, and play nice with authors.
Greatest moment in publishing so far:
Alas, I have yet to meet someone truly famous (although Dan Brown was in my building at the same time I was).
When I was making my standard follow up calls to a mailing I sent out, a human actually answered (99% of the time I get voicemail). It was an editor at Allure. Not only did she agree to cover my title, she asked if I wanted to get drinks sometime. We proceeded to get drinks – I felt important.
Some books she’s worked on recently:
The Well-Dressed Home by Annette Tatum; Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado; The Bizarre Truth by Andrew Zimmern
Past jobs: financial controller, accountant, valuation analyst
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