About the Editor

Brittany Lavery (she/her) holds an MA in English Literature from York University and has worked in publishing since 2009. She has held positions at the University of Toronto Press, Penguin Random House Canada, and Harlequin/HarperCollins, joining Simon & Schuster Canada in 2022. In 2024, she was the second recipient of the PACLA Publishing Professional of the Year. Brittany works on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction at S&S Canada, and is always on the hunt for fresh new voices and perspectives and stories that keep her up too late. Recent bestsellers include We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin and The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley, and she is especially excited about the upcoming Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang, Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive, For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn, and You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times by Saeed Teebi. Brittany also works with authors such as Antonio Michael Downing, Scott Alexander Howard, Susanna Kearsley, and Ann Y.K. Choi.

Brittany’s areas of interest include literary/commercial sweet spot fiction (think Celeste Ng, Maggie Shipstead, Rebecca Makkai, Kiley Reid), high concept fiction/speculative fiction for general audiences such as the work of Emily St. John Mandel, queer voices and stories, refugee and diasporic voices, and non-fiction related to feminism, motherhood, women’s sports, and women’s health.