Yaniv Soha Executive Editor Atria

Yaniv Soha, Executive Editor, joined Atria Books in 2024, after working in editorial roles at St. Martin’s Press and Doubleday.  He acquires upmarket and commercial nonfiction, with titles that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers; Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Indie bestsellers; New York Times notable books; and winners or finalists for the SABEW Best in Business prize, the FT Book Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, the Wellcome Book Prize, and the Cornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club. They have inspired feature films, TV series, documentaries, and an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

 

A selection of Yaniv’s bestselling and acclaimed publications includes #1 New York Times bestseller Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton, Sandworm by Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg, The Personality Brokers by New Yorker contributor Merve Emre, Sonic Life by Sonic Youth founding member Thurston Moore, A Thread of Violence by award-winning author Mark O’Connell, I Like You Just the Way I Am by New York Times bestselling humorist Jenny Mollen, Play It Loud by veteran music writers Brad Tolinski and Alan diPerna, The Castle on Sunset by bestselling author Shawn Levy, Flying Blind by Bloomberg investigative reporter Peter Robison, No Time to Panic by ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and Pain Hustlers by National Magazine Award–finalist Evan Hughes.

 

Areas of interest: business narratives, entertainment and pop culture, applied science and psychology, upmarket true crime, internet- and podcast-originated works, sensational nonfiction narratives.

 

Authors include: Merve Emre, Andy Greenberg, Matt Gutman, Joel Golby, James Hamblin Heather Havrilesky, Tim Higgins, Jeff Horwitz, Evan Hughes, Anupam B. Jena, Bert Kreischer, Shawn Levy, Benjamin Lorr, Jenny Mollen, Thurston Moore, Keith O’Brien, Mark O’Connell, Peter Robison, Sanjay Sarma, and Brandon Stanton.