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Atlantic appoints Rachel Imrie as fiction editor
Atlantic Books has appointed Rachel Imrie to the position of fiction editor, publishing on to both the Atlantic Fiction literary list and the Corvus commercial list. Imrie previously worked at Cornerstone, Penguin Random House, where she worked with authors such as James Patterson, Harlan Coben and the Michael Crichton estate, among other projects.
Before that, Imrie worked at Cambridge University Press. She has participated in PRH’s WriteNow programme, working with new writers from under-represented communities, and has been shortlisted for 4th Estate’s 4thWrite Short Story Prize.
In her new role, Imrie reports to publishing directors James Roxburgh and Sarah Hodgson.
Roxburgh said: "Rachel is a particularly sharp, passionate and entrepreneurial editor, her range and market knowledge extending from the commercial to the high literary, her taste from Lucy Foley to Kazuo Ishiguro. She’s looking forward to building her lists, commissioning from agents and developing smart IP for Atlantic’s Workshop Programme, and we’re looking forward to adding her intelligence and dynamism to a publishing house that is currently publishing some of its boldest and most successful fiction in the company’s 25-year history."
Imrie said: "I am incredibly grateful for my time at [PRH’s] Century and will miss their brilliant team and authors enormously, but I’m excited to take this next step in my career. For Atlantic, I’m looking to commission literary and upmarket fiction with sharp voices that paint astute character portraits and/or have something original to say about contemporary issues. For Corvus, I’m keen to find romance and crime/thrillers that are excellently plotted with unique hooks and smart storytelling."
Rachel is actively building her lists and can be contacted on: rachelimrie@atlantic-books.co.uk
