Abby Stubenhofer, Author at Penguin Books

Sabrey Manning, Editorial Assistant

Abby Stubenhofer — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:07:03 +0000

Sabrey joined Tarcher in 2025. Prior to joining the team, she worked in editorial at Portfolio, where she supported bestselling authors including Ryan Holiday, Shane Parrish, and Seth Godin. She is looking to acquire books offering effective success strategies based on applied psychology, New Thought, and metaphysics, with a special focus on the intersection of science and spirituality. She is also interested in fresh takes on navigating careers, relationships, and social justice issues—all with the goal of shifting paradigms and allowing readers to gain a deeper understanding of themselves, others, and the world.

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Batya Rosenblum, Senior Editor

Abby Stubenhofer — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:53:01 +0000

Batya Rosenblum joined Tarcher in 2024 and is acquiring a range of prescriptive nonfiction with a focus on motivation, success, and happiness self-help; friendship and romantic relationships; practical philosophy; and pop business. She is drawn to expert perspectives on how we connect and what we know (but don’t talk about) with useful takeaways.

Before Tarcher, Batya was an editor at The Experiment for ten years where she also published parenting, health, and memoir. Her authors included Massimo Pigliucci, Rachel Wilkerson Miller, Diane Ehrensaft, Ken Mogi, and Tal Ben-Shahar.

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Elisabeth Koyfman, Editorial Assistant

Abby Stubenhofer — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:33:30 +0000

Elisabeth Koyfman joined Avery and Tarcher as an Editorial Assistant in 2024. She earned her B.A. in English Literature from CUNY Baruch College and previously worked at magazines such as Poets & Writers and The New York Review of Books. Elisabeth is interested in prescriptive nonfiction, particularly in the categories of health, wellness, and behavioral psychology. She is especially fascinated by books that explore the workings of the mind and provide readers with tools to improve their daily lives.

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Ashley Alliano, Assistant Editor

Abby Stubenhofer — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:31:16 +0000

Ashley joined TarcherPerigee in 2021, after working as a managing editor at Wiley. She is looking to acquire books in the Body, Mind & Spirit; Relationship; and Parenting categories, particularly touching on issues and topics Millennials face.

She has worked on a number of books at TarcherPerigee, including journals, workbooks, coloring books, gift books, and a wide range of prescriptive nonfiction/self-improvement titles.

Ashley is from Orlando, Florida, and graduated with an MFA in creative writing from Spalding University.

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Jacob Surpin, Executive Editor

Abby Stubenhofer — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:28:42 +0000

Executive Editor Jacob Surpin joined Penguin in 2023, where he publishes a variety of nonfiction, including self-help, big idea/big think, popular science, psychology, business, and high-performance titles. He is especially drawn to books that approach familiar topics from unexpected angles.

His authors so far have included platform-driven experts, thought leaders, researchers, and spiritual leaders. His upcoming books include titles by Jefferson Fisher, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Julia Minson, Shunryu Suzuki, Sarah Parcak, Ric Bucher, and Jet Li.

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Anna Paustenbach, Executive Editor

Abby Stubenhofer — Mon, 06 May 2024 14:53:10 +0000

Executive Editor Anna Paustenbach joined Avery in 2024. She was previously Executive Editor at HarperOne, where she published #1 New York Times bestsellers and national bestsellers including The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy, You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith, Do Hard Things by Steve Magness, Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, and others. She acquires in the areas of self-help, performance, research-backed books on better living, and progressive spirituality. Overall, Anna gets excited about fresh voices with their own spin on old wisdom. Her list includes forthcoming books by Alexandra Elle, Ben Meer, and Paddy Steinfort.

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Casey Maloney, Director of Publicity

Abby Stubenhofer — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:09:59 +0000

Casey Maloney is the Director of Publicity for both Avery Books and Tarcher. In addition to managing the publicity department and developing publicity strategies for both lists, Casey works directly with many Avery and Tarcher authors and has orchestrated publicity campaigns for breakout bestselling books, including Atomic Habits by James Clear, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, Neurotribes by Steve Silberman, The Odd 1s Out by James Rallison, Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter, The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr. Dale Bredesen and many more.

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Farin Schlussel, Director of Marketing

Abby Stubenhofer — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:03:42 +0000

Farin Schlussel is the Director of Marketing for both Avery Books and Tarcher. She has been with Avery since she began her publishing career in 2012. As the Director of Marketing, Farin executes and oversees bespoke campaigns using the most current marketing platforms and data to get books in front of the readers who need them.

Farin has spearheaded the campaigns for the New York Times and national bestsellers Atomic Habits by James Clear, Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté, The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Neurotribes by Steve Silberman, and the breakout TikTok sensation Burn After Writing by Sharon Jones, among others. She has also worked on multiple projects with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, Adeena Sussman, Jeanine Donofrio, Rabbi Steve Leder, Bishop Michael Curry, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Dr. Judson Brewer, Dr. Dale Bredesen, and Dr. Terry Wahls. When she is not cheerleading the latest Avery and Tarcher titles, you can find her snuggling with her rescue dog, Penny, or seeing theatre.

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