Her first acquisition for Mariner, Punch Me Up to the Gods, a memoir by newcomer Brian Broome, won the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction and was named to numerous best of the year lists. In all cases, Rakia looks for writers who have something to say. Rakia often works with journalists and thought leaders writing about current events, public intellectuals and culture critics telling the world about itself, biographies of legendary figures, and some history, especially when there are obvious ties to the present day. Big emotions and topical subjects are a plus. She acquires serious, literary and narrative nonfiction and gorgeously written, plot-driven novels and short story collections. Rakia Clark joined Mariner Books in 2019. Crawford, and Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift.

Knoll, Why We Drive by philosopher Matthew B. Hughley, You Are Worth It by Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter, The FBI Way by former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by paleontologist Steve Brusatte, A Brief History of Earth by Harvard geologist Andrew H. Maclean, Separated by Jacob Soboroff, The Man Who Sold America by Joy-Ann Reid, Every Man a Hero by D-Day legend Ray Lambert, How Not to Get Shot by comedian D.L. His recent successes include the #1 New York Times bestseller To Rescue the Republic by Bret Baier, Welcome to Dunder Mifflin by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman, House of Gucci by Sara Forden, Pastoral Song by James Rebanks, Home Waters by John N.

He acquired and edited the five-million-copy, #1 global bestseller American Sniper by Chris Kyle, the source for Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award–winning film starring Bradley Cooper.

Previously, Peter was editorial director of HarperCollins’s boutique Custom House imprint and spent fifteen years at William Morrow, during which time he placed more than twenty-five authors on the New York Times bestseller list. Peter Hubbard leads Mariner’s editorial staff, in addition to publishing his own list of bestselling nonfiction, focused on journalism, science/ideas, nature, military, popular philosophy, and travel/adventure.

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