Imprints: Ballantine Books, Bantam, Delacorte, Dell

Jenny Chen (she/her) is an Executive Editor acquiring mysteries, thrillers, suspense, crime fiction, and all manner of sinister stories, especially those by writers from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. She is drawn to voice-driven, propulsive, and powerful novels of intimacy, obsession, and ambition, complicated stories about family and home, and anything that speaks to our cultural zeitgeist and sparks discussion. She loves bold yet accessible high concepts, and when writers spin something fresh out of a familiar premise. Some of her recent bestsellers include Atty. Ben Crump’s Worse Than a Lie, Kristen L. Berry’s We Don’t Talk About Carol, and Ashley Flowers’s The Missing Half (written with Alex Kiester). She has also been very lucky to work with other bestselling and critically acclaimed authors including Erin E. Adams, Disha Bose, K. L. Cerra, Lina Chern, Liv Constantine, Tess Gerritsen, Wendy Heard, Susan Elia MacNeal, Asia Mackay, Imran Mahmood, Clare Osongco, Ande Pliego, Isha Raya, Marcie R. Rendon, and Miranda Smith. She came to Ballantine in 2020, previously at Crooked Lane Books.

Categories: Gothic & Horror  |  Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers