Desiree Vecchio Senior Editor Simon & Schuster Audio

Desiree Vecchio‘s tenure in Audio began in 2004, during the last days of the cassette and into the emergence of the download format that dominates the industry today. Desiree is looking to acquire audio rights in a wide array of genres including fiction, self-help and how-to, women’s interests and empowerment,  culinary narrative, and unique backlist prospects. Desiree’s acquisitions include works from Kristin Harmel, Joanne Harris, Harold McGee, Kathi Appelt, Helen Klein Ross, and Barry Werth. Desiree also handles domestic and international Subrights and Licensing for Simon & Schuster Audio. She is a graduate of Stony Brook University and Hunter College, and completed the Copyediting, Proofreading, and Fact-checking program at NYU’s School of Professional Studies