About the Editor

Anthea Bariamis is a publisher at Simon & Schuster Australia, where she has worked since 2018. Anthea publishes across a range of genres, with a focus on commercial and upmarket fiction. She was shortlisted for the ABIA Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year in 2024 and 2025. In 2025, Anthea launched Atria Books Australia, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia.

Anthea is currently looking for stories with a twist, especially: paranormal romance with laugh-out-loud dialogue, cosy fantasy novels with heart, emotional romance and book club fiction that makes readers cry, jaw-dropping horror and thrillers, gripping romantic suspense, crossover young adult fiction, immersive historical novels, enthralling fantasy with excellent plotting, and timeless love stories set against sweeping landscapes. Anthea is also looking for non-fiction books that inspire and entertain young women.