Marysue Rucci VP, Publisher, & Editor-in-Chief of Marysue Rucci Books Marysue Rucci BooksSimon Element

Prior to joining Simon Element in 2022, Marysue Rucci oversaw the fiction program at the Simon & Schuster imprint as VP, Editor-in-Chief for nine years. She acquires literary fiction, suspense fiction, and book club fiction, as well as memoir and narrative nonfiction. Recent notable publications include the New York Times bestseller Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll and The Only Survivorsby Megan Miranda; the National bestsellers Rouge by Mona Awad and Shark Heart by Emily Habeck; and the 2-million copy #1 bestseller The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. Forthcoming titles include the debut novel The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan and the memoir Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston. Marysue also works with Alice Elliott Dark, Sarah Ruhl, Alice Hoffman, Paul Yoon, Matthew Thomas, Wally Lamb, and Helen Phillips.