Olivia Taylor Smith, Editor at Large

Olivia Taylor Smith joined Simon & Schuster in 2022 as Senior Editor and acquires a broad range of fiction for the flagship imprint. Prior to joining Simon & Schuster, Olivia was the Cofounder and Executive Editor of Unnamed Press in Los Angeles. Recent publications include national bestseller and Read with Jenna Book Club pick Heartwood by Amity Gaige,  international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea (translated by Frank Wynne), national bestseller Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza, Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn, Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell, Slipstream by Madge Maril, In Bloom by Liz Allan, and The Plans I Have For You by Lai Sanders.
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Recent publications include national bestseller and Read with Jenna Book Club pick Heartwood by Amity Gaige, Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell, Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn, LAMBDA Award finalist House of Beth by Kerry Cullen, winner of the Prix Goncourt Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea (translated by Frank Wynne), and The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza, a New Yorker Best Book of the Year.

Titles Olivia has acquired and are forthcoming at Simon & Schuster include Be Happy I Am Mad by Dakota Warren, Wells Without Water by Cebo Campbell, Love You by sotce, Pool Service by Nick Waters, The Banquet by Natalie Lemle, Venetian Debauchery by Krista Burton, and Kinkier: a fiction anthology edited by R.O. Kwon & Bryan Washington.