Corvus appoints Stephanie Carey as editorial director
Atlantic Books has appointed Stephanie Carey as editorial director at Corvus. Carey has more than a decade of industry knowledge and contacts and moves from her role as senior commissioning editor at Embla Books. Previously, she was commissioning editor at Joffe Books and has published Peter Boland, Maryann Webb and Cynthia Anderson. Carey has also worked in non-fiction and children’s publishing.
In her new role, she is looking for fresh commercial genre fiction with enduring international appeal, including standout psychological thrillers, sweeping historical fiction and exciting new voices in horror.
She reports to newly promoted group fiction publisher James Roxburgh, who is acquiring a limited number of books for Corvus in quality crime, spy and grounded sci-fi, and she joins commissioning editor Rachel Imrie, who is looking for crime titles, thrillers and romcoms with "smart storytelling and unique hooks". The Corvus team is assisted by Mayura Uthayakumaran.
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Carey said: "I am delighted to join Corvus after a fantastic 18 months at Embla. It’s an incredibly exciting time for Atlantic and I can’t wait to work with the fantastic team to find and publish more brilliant books to shape the future of the list."
Roxburgh said: "Steph was a standout candidate from the beginning: a real expert in and advocate for commercial fiction, a creative acquiring editor with a proven track record and a respected professional with experience at traditional and digital publishing lists, indie and corporate.
"I think she thrives on books missed by others; she’s an incredibly smart strategic thinker and her taxonomic knowledge of the digital publishing space is going to be an asset to the house – she’s going to be a terrific publisher and a serious and important guiding voice as we begin to shape the next generation of Corvus."
Drummond Moir, managing director, said: "James is one of the best publishers in our industry. The impact he’s had on Atlantic’s literary fiction has been profound, and his new role will allow even more of our publishing to benefit from his entrepreneurial ethos, commercial and strategic acumen and peerless taste.
"His appointment of the brilliant Stephanie Carey is the first of what I know will be many excellent decisions that take our Corvus imprint to even greater heights."
Carey can be contacted on stephaniecarey@atlantic-books.co.uk.
