Imprint: Harmony, Convergent

Derek joined Penguin Random House in 2011 and has since edited a wide range of New York Times bestsellers, including Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ and The Tears of Things, Leanne Morgan’s What in the World?!, Austin Channing Brown’s I’m Still Here, Jedidiah Jenkins’s To Shake the Sleeping Self, Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies, George W. Bush’s Out of Many, One and Portraits of Courage, Scott Harrison’s Thirst, Shaka Senghor’s Writing My Wrongs, and Kevin and Melissa Fredericks’ Marriage Be Hard. Acquiring in the categories of narrative nonfiction, spiritual practice, social commentary, pop culture, sports, psychology, and personal success, Derek looks for authors with distinct voices, big ideas, and unique ways of addressing how we live and seek meaning in a complex world.

Categories: Narrative Nonfiction |  Faith  | Memoir  | Self-Help | Psychology

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