Sara Weiss

Sara Weiss is the Editorial Director for Nonfiction at Ballantine Books, where she focuses mostly on nonfiction, while also publishing select fiction titles. She is interested in voice-driven, widely accessible nonfiction that is engaged with pop culture; i.e., books that are in conversation with the most urgent issues of the day (whether they be ones of identity, politics, art and entertainment, science, or even food!). She’s been privileged to publish bestselling and critically acclaimed authors such as Linda Holmes, R. Eric Thomas, Emily Nagoski, Stephanie Foo, Hadley Vlahos, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cody Rigsby, Hannah Gadsby, Annie Hartnett, Lilly Singh, and Lauren Graham. Her upcoming list includes NBC News reporter Yamiche Alcindor’s memoir, Don’t Forget and the novel Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. Prior to Ballantine, she worked for many years at Grand Central Publishing.