Hilary Teeman

Hilary Teeman (she/her) is Editorial Director for Fiction at Ballantine, acquiring contemporary women’s fiction, upmarket “reading group” fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, suspense, rom-coms and love stories of all kinds. Hilary is especially drawn to smart, well-plotted novels with layered protagonists and moving, life-affirming conclusions. Some of her recent bestselling titles include The Maid by Nita Prose, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz, One Day in December by Josie Silver, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, A Place in the World by Frances Mayes, and It’s Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan. Other authors she has worked with include Jennifer Ryan, Laurie R. King, Emily Stone, Nina George, Diksha Basu, Emma Lovewell, Rachel Lindsay, Jennifer Cody Epstein, and Brunonia Barry. Previously, she worked as an editor at Crown and St. Martin’s Press.