Today on The Professional Winner Podcast we have Amber Oliver. Amber Oliver is as an Editor at Tiny Reparations Books, Dutton, and Plume at Penguin Random House, where she is interested in voicey, sharp, atmospheric literary and upmarket commercial fiction as well as narrative nonfiction, memoir, poetry and essay collections. She is particularly focused on amplifying stories from underrepresented voices. Recent and forthcoming titles include social horror novel Cherish Farrah by bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, debut novel and ode to Black girlhood What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris, art heist novel Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li, and powerful and redemptive family saga Perish by LaToya Watkins.
Before joining Dutton, Amber was an Associate Editor at HarperCollins, where her list included NBCC Finalist, This is Major by Shayla Lawson, Caul Baby and Wandering in Strange Lands by New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins, Lambda Literary Award winner A Study and Honor and Lambda nominee The Honor of Justice by Claire O’Dell, among others.
Important Time-Stamps Below:
Who is Amber Oliver: 00:00:46:03
Where did her love of reading come from?: 00:07:47:15
Pay as an Editor: 00:17:20:21
Amber’s Process: 00:25:42:16
The World of Publishing and Amber’s Career History: 00:31:48:08
How to get on The NY Times Best Selling List: 00:39:12:10
Portraits of a Thief: 00:45:32:17
Amber’s Personal Project: 00:52:21:06
Ambers Recommendation for people wanting to join the Publishing Industry 00:59:07:25
What is a Professional Winner: 01:05:41:02
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