Kara Cesare

Kara Cesare is Editor-in-Chief for Ballantine Books, where she acquires a broad range of fiction—from high-concept to voice-driven, historical and contemporary, book club, suspense-driven, and coming-of-age. She edits a list of bestselling and critically acclaimed authors including Lee Child and Andrew Child, Lisa Grunwald, Martha Hall Kelly, Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman, Caroline Kepnes, Sophie Kinsella, Lisa Lutz, Allison Pataki, Francesca Serritella, Jennifer E. Smith, Catherine Steadman, Amanda Eyre Ward, and Lauren Weisberger. She’s thrilled to have recently acquired new novels from Naina Kumar, Elizabeth Little, and Beatriz Williams. Kara’s passion is discovering unique voices in fiction and working with authors on multiple books, forming an editorial bond that stretches over a career. Kara believes deeply in the editorial process and loves to champion her authors.