Shauna Summers

Shauna Summers is Editorial Director for Dell, where she acquires and edits all kinds of commercial fiction with a particular focus on women’s fiction. Some of her authors include Sarah Adams, Elissa Sussman, Debbie Macomber, Pamela Terry, Ava Wilder, Nancy Thayer, and Adrienne Young. She published Sarah Addison Allen’s debut novel Garden Spells as well as Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series. Recent favorites include The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia, and A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee. Shauna is always looking for that irresistible combination of voice, character, and plot that have made her a lifelong voracious and wide-ranging reader. As the picture of publishing consolidation, Shauna has worked at four different imprints that are all now one group, starting her career at Bantam, moving to the Ballantine, back to the Bantam Dell, and she now happily acquires for all three lists.