About the Editor

Laura Perciasepe is an Executive Editor at Summit Books. She joined Summit in 2024 from Riverhead Books, where she edited a wide range of award-winning, best-selling, and critically-acclaimed writers from around the world. Her authors have included Katie Kitamura, Bryan Washington, Álvaro Enrigue, Garrard Conley, R. O. Kwon, Akwaeke Emezi, Aja Gabel, Etgar Keret, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, National Book Award winner Samanta Schweblin, and National Book Award winner Yu Miri.  At Summit, her list includes Avni Doshi, Booker finalist Ben Markovits, Elisa Shua Dusapin, Rob Franklin, Erin Singer, Ekin Oklap, and many others.